diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c
index 14bd12c6341eef805337f2295f3a33af771c8822..422aca3a989a7e8adec39811b587dc6983429ecd 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-crypto-pci.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ static void virtio_crypto_pci_class_init(ObjectClass *klass, void *data)
     k->realize = virtio_crypto_pci_realize;
     set_bit(DEVICE_CATEGORY_MISC, dc->categories);
     dc->props = virtio_crypto_pci_properties;
-    dc->hotpluggable = false;
     pcidev_k->class_id = PCI_CLASS_OTHERS;
 }