diff --git a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
index b07adeed9c..39ff6624c5 100644
--- a/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
+++ b/hw/net/vmxnet3.c
@@ -2242,13 +2242,10 @@ static void vmxnet3_instance_init(Object *obj)
 
 static void vmxnet3_pci_uninit(PCIDevice *pci_dev)
 {
-    DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(pci_dev);
     VMXNET3State *s = VMXNET3(pci_dev);
 
     VMW_CBPRN("Starting uninit...");
 
-    unregister_savevm(dev, "vmxnet3-msix", s);
-
     vmxnet3_net_uninit(s);
 
     vmxnet3_cleanup_msix(s);