diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index d26f4908d4..71d09d3ef3 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static void virtio_scsi_save_request(QEMUFile *f, SCSIRequest *sreq)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req = sreq->hba_private;
     VirtIOSCSICommon *vs = VIRTIO_SCSI_COMMON(req->dev);
-    uint32_t n = virtio_queue_get_id(req->vq) - 2;
+    uint32_t n = virtio_get_queue_index(req->vq) - 2;
 
     assert(n < vs->conf.num_queues);
     qemu_put_be32s(f, &n);
diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio.c b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
index 30ede3d1cc..7ed06eafa6 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio.c
@@ -1062,13 +1062,6 @@ int virtio_get_num_queues(VirtIODevice *vdev)
     return i;
 }
 
-int virtio_queue_get_id(VirtQueue *vq)
-{
-    VirtIODevice *vdev = vq->vdev;
-    assert(vq >= &vdev->vq[0] && vq < &vdev->vq[VIRTIO_QUEUE_MAX]);
-    return vq - &vdev->vq[0];
-}
-
 void virtio_queue_set_align(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, int align)
 {
     BusState *qbus = qdev_get_parent_bus(DEVICE(vdev));
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
index 6a37065c23..96b581dc91 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio.h
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ void virtio_queue_set_last_avail_idx(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n, uint16_t idx);
 void virtio_queue_invalidate_signalled_used(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 VirtQueue *virtio_get_queue(VirtIODevice *vdev, int n);
 uint16_t virtio_get_queue_index(VirtQueue *vq);
-int virtio_queue_get_id(VirtQueue *vq);
 EventNotifier *virtio_queue_get_guest_notifier(VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_queue_set_guest_notifier_fd_handler(VirtQueue *vq, bool assign,
                                                 bool with_irqfd);