diff --git a/ui/vdagent.c b/ui/vdagent.c
index 8fa325bffa..b9784d4d9b 100644
--- a/ui/vdagent.c
+++ b/ui/vdagent.c
@@ -964,17 +964,6 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_chunk = {
     }
 };
 
-static const VMStateDescription vmstate_vdba = {
-    .name = "vdagent/bytearray",
-    .version_id = 0,
-    .minimum_version_id = 0,
-    .fields = (const VMStateField[]) {
-        VMSTATE_UINT32(len, GByteArray),
-        VMSTATE_VBUFFER_ALLOC_UINT32(data, GByteArray, 0, 0, len),
-        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
-    }
-};
-
 struct CBInfoArray {
     uint32_t n;
     QemuClipboardInfo cbinfo[QEMU_CLIPBOARD_SELECTION__COUNT];
@@ -1064,7 +1053,7 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_vdagent = {
         VMSTATE_UINT32(xsize, VDAgentChardev),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(xoff, VDAgentChardev),
         VMSTATE_VBUFFER_ALLOC_UINT32(xbuf, VDAgentChardev, 0, 0, xsize),
-        VMSTATE_STRUCT_POINTER(outbuf, VDAgentChardev, vmstate_vdba, GByteArray),
+        VMSTATE_GBYTEARRAY(outbuf, VDAgentChardev, 0),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(mouse_x, VDAgentChardev),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(mouse_y, VDAgentChardev),
         VMSTATE_UINT32(mouse_btn, VDAgentChardev),