diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
index 7364bd53e38dd..1f60c9d5cb181 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_vdpa.c
@@ -364,14 +364,13 @@ static int virtio_vdpa_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, unsigned int nvqs,
 	struct virtio_vdpa_device *vd_dev = to_virtio_vdpa_device(vdev);
 	struct vdpa_device *vdpa = vd_get_vdpa(vdev);
 	const struct vdpa_config_ops *ops = vdpa->config;
-	struct irq_affinity default_affd = { 0 };
 	struct cpumask *masks;
 	struct vdpa_callback cb;
 	bool has_affinity = desc && ops->set_vq_affinity;
 	int i, err, queue_idx = 0;
 
 	if (has_affinity) {
-		masks = create_affinity_masks(nvqs, desc ? desc : &default_affd);
+		masks = create_affinity_masks(nvqs, desc);
 		if (!masks)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 	}