diff --git a/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol_rpc.c b/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol_rpc.c
index d11a6f0bb..c8091ddaf 100644
--- a/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol_rpc.c
+++ b/lib/bdev/lvol/vbdev_lvol_rpc.c
@@ -136,17 +136,6 @@ spdk_rpc_construct_lvol_store(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
-	if (req.bdev_name == NULL) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("missing bdev_name param\n");
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto invalid;
-	}
-
-	if (req.lvs_name == NULL) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("missing lvs_name param\n");
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto invalid;
-	}
 	bdev = spdk_bdev_get_by_name(req.bdev_name);
 	if (bdev == NULL) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("bdev '%s' does not exist\n", req.bdev_name);
@@ -894,12 +883,6 @@ spdk_rpc_resize_lvol_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		goto invalid;
 	}
 
-	if (req.name == NULL) {
-		SPDK_ERRLOG("missing name param\n");
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-		goto invalid;
-	}
-
 	bdev = spdk_bdev_get_by_name(req.name);
 	if (bdev == NULL) {
 		SPDK_ERRLOG("no bdev for provided name %s\n", req.name);