diff --git a/qga/vss-win32/provider.cpp b/qga/vss-win32/provider.cpp
index ef9466909ad4c16585858c6a23be5ba988e3e326..72d8b0e19d561fc7b738d528122921cc58e9654a 100644
--- a/qga/vss-win32/provider.cpp
+++ b/qga/vss-win32/provider.cpp
@@ -377,7 +377,6 @@ STDMETHODIMP CQGAVssProvider::CommitSnapshots(VSS_ID SnapshotSetId)
     if (WaitForSingleObject(hEventThaw, VSS_TIMEOUT_MSEC) != WAIT_OBJECT_0) {
         /* Send event to qemu-ga to notify the provider is timed out */
         SetEvent(hEventTimeout);
-        hr = E_ABORT;
     }
 
     CloseHandle(hEventThaw);