diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
index 4fdb7b62c5..094c4212e6 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static const int ide_iobase2[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x3f6, 0x376 };
 static const int ide_irq[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 14, 15 };
 
 static bool has_pvpanic;
-static bool has_pci_info = true;
+static bool has_pci_info;
 static bool has_acpi_build = true;
 
 /* PC hardware initialisation */
diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 4c191d3b42..1af8e2b943 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #define MAX_SATA_PORTS     6
 
 static bool has_pvpanic;
-static bool has_pci_info = true;
+static bool has_pci_info;
 static bool has_acpi_build = true;
 
 /* PC hardware initialisation */