diff --git a/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c b/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c
index a21b6eee9c..2e7979652f 100644
--- a/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c
+++ b/tests/qtest/libqos/virtio.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ void qvirtio_wait_queue_isr(QTestState *qts, QVirtioDevice *d,
     gint64 start_time = g_get_monotonic_time();
 
     for (;;) {
-        qtest_clock_step(qts, 100);
         if (d->bus->get_queue_isr_status(d, vq)) {
             return;
         }
@@ -192,7 +191,6 @@ uint8_t qvirtio_wait_status_byte_no_isr(QTestState *qts, QVirtioDevice *d,
     uint8_t val;
 
     while ((val = qtest_readb(qts, addr)) == 0xff) {
-        qtest_clock_step(qts, 100);
         g_assert(!d->bus->get_queue_isr_status(d, vq));
         g_assert(g_get_monotonic_time() - start_time <= timeout_us);
     }
@@ -219,14 +217,12 @@ void qvirtio_wait_used_elem(QTestState *qts, QVirtioDevice *d,
     for (;;) {
         uint32_t got_desc_idx;
 
-        qtest_clock_step(qts, 100);
 
         if (d->bus->get_queue_isr_status(d, vq) &&
             qvirtqueue_get_buf(qts, vq, &got_desc_idx, len)) {
             g_assert_cmpint(got_desc_idx, ==, desc_idx);
             return;
         }
-
         g_assert(g_get_monotonic_time() - start_time <= timeout_us);
     }
 }