diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index 417fbc71d66340c38f285d3d77912b675eb4947e..aa03a713d81dc7d4bec8bf4fd176faa5b4c9378e 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -856,13 +856,11 @@ void virtio_scsi_push_event(VirtIOSCSI *s, SCSIDevice *dev,
     virtio_scsi_complete_req(req);
 }
 
-bool virtio_scsi_handle_event_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq)
+static void virtio_scsi_handle_event_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq)
 {
     if (s->events_dropped) {
         virtio_scsi_push_event(s, NULL, VIRTIO_SCSI_T_NO_EVENT, 0);
-        return true;
     }
-    return false;
 }
 
 static void virtio_scsi_handle_event(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
index 0997313f0ae8c5782ac92fafe23450d9ea157a25..85e69d0368f451c68b9a1be9c390c8ae92d77e87 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ void virtio_scsi_common_realize(DeviceState *dev,
                                 Error **errp);
 
 void virtio_scsi_common_unrealize(DeviceState *dev);
-bool virtio_scsi_handle_event_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq);
 bool virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq);
 bool virtio_scsi_handle_ctrl_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_scsi_init_req(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq, VirtIOSCSIReq *req);