2 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/dev/virtio/base.cc b/src/dev/virtio/base.cc
index 44cce65c4..06c6e3452 100644
--- a/src/dev/virtio/base.cc
+++ b/src/dev/virtio/base.cc
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ void
 VirtIODeviceBase::readConfigBlob(PacketPtr pkt, Addr cfgOffset, const uint8_t *cfg)
 {
     const unsigned size(pkt->getSize());
-    pkt->allocate();
 
     if (cfgOffset + size > configSize)
         panic("Config read out of bounds.\n");
@@ -434,7 +433,6 @@ void
 VirtIODeviceBase::writeConfigBlob(PacketPtr pkt, Addr cfgOffset, uint8_t *cfg)
 {
     const unsigned size(pkt->getSize());
-    pkt->allocate();
 
     if (cfgOffset + size > configSize)
         panic("Config write out of bounds.\n");
diff --git a/src/dev/virtio/pci.cc b/src/dev/virtio/pci.cc
index 1f99d7fe4..c77b61934 100644
--- a/src/dev/virtio/pci.cc
+++ b/src/dev/virtio/pci.cc
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ PciVirtIO::read(PacketPtr pkt)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    pkt->allocate();
-
     switch(offset) {
       case OFF_DEVICE_FEATURES:
         DPRINTF(VIOPci, "   DEVICE_FEATURES request\n");
@@ -153,8 +151,6 @@ PciVirtIO::write(PacketPtr pkt)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    pkt->allocate();
-
     switch(offset) {
       case OFF_DEVICE_FEATURES:
         warn("Guest tried to write device features.");