diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index ee10d21..6b3827c 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -899,17 +899,11 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void default_drive(int enable, int snapshot,
-                          BlockInterfaceType block_default_type,
-                          BlockInterfaceType type, int index,
-                          const char *optstr)
+static void default_drive(int enable, int snapshot, BlockInterfaceType type,
+                          int index, const char *optstr)
 {
     QemuOpts *opts;
 
-    if (type == IF_DEFAULT) {
-        type = block_default_type;
-    }
-
     if (!enable || drive_get_by_index(type, index)) {
         return;
     }
@@ -3776,12 +3770,10 @@
         exit(1);
     }
 
-    default_drive(default_cdrom, snapshot, machine->block_default_type,
-                  IF_DEFAULT, 2, CDROM_OPTS);
-    default_drive(default_floppy, snapshot, machine->block_default_type,
-                  IF_FLOPPY, 0, FD_OPTS);
-    default_drive(default_sdcard, snapshot, machine->block_default_type,
-                  IF_SD, 0, SD_OPTS);
+    default_drive(default_cdrom, snapshot, machine->block_default_type, 2,
+                  CDROM_OPTS);
+    default_drive(default_floppy, snapshot, IF_FLOPPY, 0, FD_OPTS);
+    default_drive(default_sdcard, snapshot, IF_SD, 0, SD_OPTS);
 
     register_savevm_live(NULL, "ram", 0, 4, &savevm_ram_handlers, NULL);