diff --git a/hw/e1000.c b/hw/e1000.c
index 1644201d6e..2d16774dad 100644
--- a/hw/e1000.c
+++ b/hw/e1000.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ enum {
 typedef struct E1000State_st {
     PCIDevice dev;
     VLANClientState *vc;
-    NICInfo *nd;
     int mmio_index;
 
     uint32_t mac_reg[0x8000];
@@ -1078,7 +1077,6 @@ pci_e1000_init(PCIBus *bus, NICInfo *nd, int devfn)
     pci_register_io_region((PCIDevice *)d, 1, IOPORT_SIZE,
                            PCI_ADDRESS_SPACE_IO, ioport_map);
 
-    d->nd = nd;
     memmove(d->eeprom_data, e1000_eeprom_template,
         sizeof e1000_eeprom_template);
     for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
@@ -1099,7 +1097,7 @@ pci_e1000_init(PCIBus *bus, NICInfo *nd, int devfn)
                                  e1000_receive, e1000_can_receive, d);
     d->vc->link_status_changed = e1000_set_link_status;
 
-    qemu_format_nic_info_str(d->vc, d->nd->macaddr);
+    qemu_format_nic_info_str(d->vc, nd->macaddr);
 
     register_savevm(info_str, -1, 2, nic_save, nic_load, d);
     d->dev.unregister = pci_e1000_uninit;
diff --git a/hw/mipsnet.c b/hw/mipsnet.c
index 29bd9b863d..415b04e2ce 100644
--- a/hw/mipsnet.c
+++ b/hw/mipsnet.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ typedef struct MIPSnetState {
     uint8_t tx_buffer[MAX_ETH_FRAME_SIZE];
     qemu_irq irq;
     VLANClientState *vc;
-    NICInfo *nd;
 } MIPSnetState;
 
 static void mipsnet_reset(MIPSnetState *s)
@@ -248,7 +247,6 @@ void mipsnet_init (int base, qemu_irq irq, NICInfo *nd)
     register_ioport_read(base, 36, 4, mipsnet_ioport_read, s);
 
     s->irq = irq;
-    s->nd = nd;
     if (nd && nd->vlan) {
         s->vc = qemu_new_vlan_client(nd->vlan, nd->model, nd->name,
                                      mipsnet_receive, mipsnet_can_receive, s);
@@ -256,7 +254,7 @@ void mipsnet_init (int base, qemu_irq irq, NICInfo *nd)
         s->vc = NULL;
     }
 
-    qemu_format_nic_info_str(s->vc, s->nd->macaddr);
+    qemu_format_nic_info_str(s->vc, nd->macaddr);
 
     mipsnet_reset(s);
     register_savevm("mipsnet", 0, 0, mipsnet_save, mipsnet_load, s);