diff --git a/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c b/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
index b3c3adc59a..90e9e0a5b2 100644
--- a/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
@@ -943,10 +943,6 @@ nvmm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
     }
 
     qcpu = g_malloc0(sizeof(*qcpu));
-    if (qcpu == NULL) {
-        error_report("NVMM: Failed to allocate VCPU context.");
-        return -ENOMEM;
-    }
 
     ret = nvmm_vcpu_create(mach, cpu->cpu_index, &qcpu->vcpu);
     if (ret == -1) {