diff --git a/block.c b/block.c
index 45d3a5ba88..3a3648da97 100644
--- a/block.c
+++ b/block.c
@@ -4640,22 +4640,18 @@ int bdrv_aio_multiwrite(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockRequest *reqs, int num_reqs)
 
 void bdrv_aio_cancel(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb)
 {
-    if (acb->aiocb_info->cancel) {
-        acb->aiocb_info->cancel(acb);
-    } else {
-        qemu_aio_ref(acb);
-        bdrv_aio_cancel_async(acb);
-        while (acb->refcnt > 1) {
-            if (acb->aiocb_info->get_aio_context) {
-                aio_poll(acb->aiocb_info->get_aio_context(acb), true);
-            } else if (acb->bs) {
-                aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(acb->bs), true);
-            } else {
-                abort();
-            }
+    qemu_aio_ref(acb);
+    bdrv_aio_cancel_async(acb);
+    while (acb->refcnt > 1) {
+        if (acb->aiocb_info->get_aio_context) {
+            aio_poll(acb->aiocb_info->get_aio_context(acb), true);
+        } else if (acb->bs) {
+            aio_poll(bdrv_get_aio_context(acb->bs), true);
+        } else {
+            abort();
         }
-        qemu_aio_release(acb);
     }
+    qemu_aio_release(acb);
 }
 
 /* Async version of aio cancel. The caller is not blocked if the acb implements
diff --git a/include/block/aio.h b/include/block/aio.h
index ad361e34c7..f2d0582bd1 100644
--- a/include/block/aio.h
+++ b/include/block/aio.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ typedef struct BlockDriverAIOCB BlockDriverAIOCB;
 typedef void BlockDriverCompletionFunc(void *opaque, int ret);
 
 typedef struct AIOCBInfo {
-    void (*cancel)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
     void (*cancel_async)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
     AioContext *(*get_aio_context)(BlockDriverAIOCB *acb);
     size_t aiocb_size;