@@ -1371,7 +1371,6 @@ static int vmdk_write_extent(VmdkExtent *extent, int64_t cluster_offset,
VmdkGrainMarker *data = NULL;
uLongf buf_len;
QEMUIOVector local_qiov;
- struct iovec iov;
int64_t write_offset;
int64_t write_end_sector;
@@ -1399,11 +1398,7 @@ static int vmdk_write_extent(VmdkExtent *extent, int64_t cluster_offset,
data->size = cpu_to_le32(buf_len);
n_bytes = buf_len + sizeof(VmdkGrainMarker);
- iov = (struct iovec) {
- .iov_base = data,
- .iov_len = n_bytes,
- };
- qemu_iovec_init_external(&local_qiov, &iov, 1);
+ qemu_iovec_init_buf(&local_qiov, data, n_bytes);
BLKDBG_EVENT(extent->file, BLKDBG_WRITE_COMPRESSED);
} else {