diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index b60213ab80..bb1144cf6a 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -1555,7 +1555,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster = {
     .format_name                  = "gluster",
     .protocol_name                = "gluster",
     .instance_size                = sizeof(BDRVGlusterState),
-    .bdrv_needs_filename          = false,
     .bdrv_file_open               = qemu_gluster_open,
     .bdrv_reopen_prepare          = qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare,
     .bdrv_reopen_commit           = qemu_gluster_reopen_commit,
@@ -1585,7 +1584,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_tcp = {
     .format_name                  = "gluster",
     .protocol_name                = "gluster+tcp",
     .instance_size                = sizeof(BDRVGlusterState),
-    .bdrv_needs_filename          = false,
     .bdrv_file_open               = qemu_gluster_open,
     .bdrv_reopen_prepare          = qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare,
     .bdrv_reopen_commit           = qemu_gluster_reopen_commit,
@@ -1615,7 +1613,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_unix = {
     .format_name                  = "gluster",
     .protocol_name                = "gluster+unix",
     .instance_size                = sizeof(BDRVGlusterState),
-    .bdrv_needs_filename          = true,
     .bdrv_file_open               = qemu_gluster_open,
     .bdrv_reopen_prepare          = qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare,
     .bdrv_reopen_commit           = qemu_gluster_reopen_commit,
@@ -1651,7 +1648,6 @@ static BlockDriver bdrv_gluster_rdma = {
     .format_name                  = "gluster",
     .protocol_name                = "gluster+rdma",
     .instance_size                = sizeof(BDRVGlusterState),
-    .bdrv_needs_filename          = true,
     .bdrv_file_open               = qemu_gluster_open,
     .bdrv_reopen_prepare          = qemu_gluster_reopen_prepare,
     .bdrv_reopen_commit           = qemu_gluster_reopen_commit,