diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 9314f85062..4b211ab53c 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -7926,7 +7926,6 @@ virDomainPinIOThread(virDomainPtr domain,
     conn = domain->conn;
 
     virCheckReadOnlyGoto(conn->flags, error);
-    virCheckPositiveArgGoto(iothread_id, error);
     virCheckNonNullArgGoto(cpumap, error);
     virCheckPositiveArgGoto(maplen, error);