diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
index b35bb2d57f62c15b7a45a7a78e2322e0c2748c40..222d630c41fc9b5485a562be3b34bffce4142530 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c
@@ -576,13 +576,6 @@ static void virtio_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 	struct virtio_pci_device *vp_dev = pci_get_drvdata(pci_dev);
 	struct device *dev = get_device(&vp_dev->vdev.dev);
 
-	/*
-	 * Device is marked broken on surprise removal so that virtio upper
-	 * layers can abort any ongoing operation.
-	 */
-	if (!pci_device_is_present(pci_dev))
-		virtio_break_device(&vp_dev->vdev);
-
 	pci_disable_sriov(pci_dev);
 
 	unregister_virtio_device(&vp_dev->vdev);