diff --git a/block/src/io/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs b/block/src/io/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs
index 748031746..c048f9455 100644
--- a/block/src/io/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs
+++ b/block/src/io/async_io/guest_memory_target.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ impl GuestMemoryTarget {
     }
 
     /// Returns the raw iovecs to be passed to the kernel for asynchronous I/O.
-    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub(super) fn iovecs(&self) -> &[libc::iovec] {
         &self.iovecs
     }