diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu-bswap.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu-bswap.h
index e2bee8f595..5faac0d8d5 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu-bswap.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu-bswap.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ virtio_gpu_ctrl_hdr_bswap(struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_hdr *hdr)
     le32_to_cpus(&hdr->flags);
     le64_to_cpus(&hdr->fence_id);
     le32_to_cpus(&hdr->ctx_id);
-    le32_to_cpus(&hdr->padding);
 }
 
 static inline void