diff --git a/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c b/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
index dfa690d65d..7bb0d9e30e 100644
--- a/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/nvmm/nvmm-all.c
@@ -929,7 +929,6 @@ nvmm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
         (void)migrate_add_blocker(nvmm_migration_blocker, &local_error);
         if (local_error) {
             error_report_err(local_error);
-            migrate_del_blocker(nvmm_migration_blocker);
             error_free(nvmm_migration_blocker);
             return -EINVAL;
         }
diff --git a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c
index f832f286ac..cc8c0b984b 100644
--- a/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c
+++ b/target/i386/whpx/whpx-all.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,6 @@ int whpx_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
         (void)migrate_add_blocker(whpx_migration_blocker, &local_error);
         if (local_error) {
             error_report_err(local_error);
-            migrate_del_blocker(whpx_migration_blocker);
             error_free(whpx_migration_blocker);
             ret = -EINVAL;
             goto error;