diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/virtio_bus_if.m b/sys/dev/virtio/virtio_bus_if.m
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/virtio_bus_if.m
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/virtio_bus_if.m
@@ -109,7 +109,3 @@
 	int		len;
 };
 
-METHOD void poll {
-	device_t	dev;
-};
-
diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/virtqueue.c b/sys/dev/virtio/virtqueue.c
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/virtqueue.c
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/virtqueue.c
@@ -605,10 +605,8 @@
 {
 	void *cookie;
 
-	VIRTIO_BUS_POLL(vq->vq_dev);
 	while ((cookie = virtqueue_dequeue(vq, len)) == NULL) {
 		cpu_spinwait();
-		VIRTIO_BUS_POLL(vq->vq_dev);
 	}
 
 	return (cookie);