diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/162 b/tests/qemu-iotests/162
index 956c2c5f33..94dae60d30 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/162
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/162
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ done
 
 $QEMU_IMG info "json:{'driver': 'nbd', 'host': 'localhost', 'port': $port}" \
     | grep '^image' | sed -e "s/$port/PORT/"
-_stop_nbd_server
 
 # This is a test for NBD's bdrv_refresh_filename() implementation: It expects
 # either host or path to be set, but it must not assume that they are set to