diff --git a/disk/raw.c b/disk/raw.c
index 9e5e86f..bdcd047 100644
--- a/disk/raw.c
+++ b/disk/raw.c
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ struct disk_image *raw_image__probe(int fd, struct stat *st, bool readonly)
 
 		disk = disk_image__new(fd, st->st_size, &ro_ops, DISK_IMAGE_MMAP);
 		if (disk == NULL) {
-			ro_ops = raw_image_regular_ops;
 
 			disk = disk_image__new(fd, st->st_size, &ro_ops_nowrite, DISK_IMAGE_REGULAR);
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAS_AIO