diff --git a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
index eefda16e4b5087b5c9072b9ad9218f43e24bc987..12c6a21202a76e7833c5b6199f997e0b6edfd156 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/virtio-scsi.c
@@ -685,12 +685,11 @@ static void virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_submit(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtIOSCSIReq *req)
     scsi_req_unref(sreq);
 }
 
-bool virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq)
+static void virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq)
 {
     VirtIOSCSIReq *req, *next;
     int ret = 0;
     bool suppress_notifications = virtio_queue_get_notification(vq);
-    bool progress = false;
 
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, VirtIOSCSIReq) reqs = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(reqs);
 
@@ -700,7 +699,6 @@ bool virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq)
         }
 
         while ((req = virtio_scsi_pop_req(s, vq))) {
-            progress = true;
             ret = virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_prepare(s, req);
             if (!ret) {
                 QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&reqs, req, next);
@@ -725,7 +723,6 @@ bool virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq)
     QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(req, &reqs, next, next) {
         virtio_scsi_handle_cmd_req_submit(s, req);
     }
-    return progress;
 }
 
 static void virtio_scsi_handle_cmd(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-scsi.h
index ac99800ee229f0390e1899d1e8d756e4ab7a52b1..2040352102f7e2254067ab9ae4d89a2bcae188c2 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_cmd_vq(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq);
 void virtio_scsi_init_req(VirtIOSCSI *s, VirtQueue *vq, VirtIOSCSIReq *req);
 void virtio_scsi_free_req(VirtIOSCSIReq *req);
 void virtio_scsi_push_event(VirtIOSCSI *s, SCSIDevice *dev,