diff --git a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
index 4e34dacd6e..2c54c0d976 100644
--- a/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
+++ b/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.c
@@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ static int virtio_iommu_set_host_iova_ranges(VirtIOIOMMU *s, PCIBus *bus,
 
     current_ranges = sdev->host_resv_ranges;
 
-    g_assert(!sdev->probe_done);
-
     /* check that each new resv region is included in an existing one */
     if (sdev->host_resv_ranges) {
         range_inverse_array(iova_ranges,
@@ -956,7 +954,6 @@ static int virtio_iommu_probe(VirtIOIOMMU *s,
     }
     buf += count;
     free -= count;
-    sdev->probe_done = true;
 
     return VIRTIO_IOMMU_S_OK;
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h
index bdb3da72d0..7db4210b16 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-iommu.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ typedef struct IOMMUDevice {
     MemoryRegion bypass_mr;     /* The alias of shared memory MR */
     GList *resv_regions;
     GList *host_resv_ranges;
-    bool probe_done;
 } IOMMUDevice;
 
 typedef struct IOMMUPciBus {