diff --git a/vm-virtio/src/lib.rs b/vm-virtio/src/lib.rs
index 9016b4c6b..9fa574f80 100644
--- a/vm-virtio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vm-virtio/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ pub const VIRTIO_MSI_NO_VECTOR: u16 = 0xffff;
 
 // Types taken from linux/virtio_ids.h
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
-#[allow(dead_code)]
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #[repr(C)]
 pub enum VirtioDeviceType {