diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 4497def48dae..c9703d4d6f67 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
 };
 
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_balloon_driver = {
-	.legacy_only = true,
 	.feature_table = features,
 	.feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features),
 	.driver.name =	KBUILD_MODNAME,