diff --git a/module/bdev/daos/bdev_daos.c b/module/bdev/daos/bdev_daos.c
index 0fd8b408d..02c4d43fc 100644
--- a/module/bdev/daos/bdev_daos.c
+++ b/module/bdev/daos/bdev_daos.c
@@ -699,8 +699,6 @@ create_bdev_daos(struct spdk_bdev **bdev,
 
 	if (uuid) {
 		daos->disk.uuid = *uuid;
-	} else {
-		spdk_uuid_generate(&daos->disk.uuid);
 	}
 
 	daos->disk.ctxt = daos;
diff --git a/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c b/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c
index 95ef07dd6..86c7fed72 100644
--- a/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/malloc/bdev_malloc.c
@@ -694,8 +694,6 @@ create_malloc_disk(struct spdk_bdev **bdev, const struct malloc_bdev_opts *opts)
 	}
 	if (!spdk_mem_all_zero(&opts->uuid, sizeof(opts->uuid))) {
 		spdk_uuid_copy(&mdisk->disk.uuid, &opts->uuid);
-	} else {
-		spdk_uuid_generate(&mdisk->disk.uuid);
 	}
 
 	mdisk->disk.max_copy = 0;
diff --git a/module/bdev/null/bdev_null.c b/module/bdev/null/bdev_null.c
index 85049c66c..f98cb1630 100644
--- a/module/bdev/null/bdev_null.c
+++ b/module/bdev/null/bdev_null.c
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ bdev_null_create(struct spdk_bdev **bdev, const struct spdk_null_bdev_opts *opts
 	}
 	if (opts->uuid) {
 		null_disk->bdev.uuid = *opts->uuid;
-	} else {
-		spdk_uuid_generate(&null_disk->bdev.uuid);
 	}
 
 	null_disk->bdev.ctxt = null_disk;
diff --git a/module/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c b/module/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c
index 3263d3707..7e51523ca 100644
--- a/module/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c
+++ b/module/bdev/rbd/bdev_rbd.c
@@ -1225,8 +1225,6 @@ bdev_rbd_create(struct spdk_bdev **bdev, const char *name, const char *user_id,
 
 	if (uuid) {
 		rbd->disk.uuid = *uuid;
-	} else {
-		spdk_uuid_generate(&rbd->disk.uuid);
 	}
 
 	if (name) {