diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost.c b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
index 1ef9436ef..d0e7edbda 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ static int
 vhost_session_set_coalescing(struct spdk_vhost_dev *vdev,
 			     struct spdk_vhost_session *vsession, void *ctx)
 {
-	if (vdev == NULL || vsession == NULL) {
+	if (vsession == NULL) {
 		/* nothing to do */
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_blk.c b/lib/vhost/vhost_blk.c
index a8b702a97..cc978d41b 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_blk.c
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_blk.c
@@ -563,11 +563,6 @@ vhost_session_bdev_remove_cb(struct spdk_vhost_dev *vdev,
 {
 	struct spdk_vhost_blk_session *bvsession;
 
-	if (vdev == NULL) {
-		/* Nothing to do */
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	if (vsession == NULL) {
 		/* All sessions have been notified, time to close the bdev */
 		struct spdk_vhost_blk_dev *bvdev = to_blk_dev(vdev);
diff --git a/lib/vhost/vhost_internal.h b/lib/vhost/vhost_internal.h
index ce0246258..ac958e33e 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/vhost_internal.h
+++ b/lib/vhost/vhost_internal.h
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@ struct spdk_vhost_dev {
 /**
  * Synchronized vhost session event used for backend callbacks.
  *
- * \param vdev vhost device. If the device has been deleted
- * in the meantime, this function will be called one last
- * time with vdev == NULL.
+ * \param vdev vhost device.
  * \param vsession vhost session. If all sessions have been
  * iterated through, this function will be called one last
  * time with vsession == NULL.