diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index 59753400e9..75eef8535e 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ static void blockdev_do_action(TransactionAction *action, Error **errp)
 
     list.value = action;
     list.next = NULL;
-    qmp_transaction(&list, false, NULL, errp);
+    qmp_transaction(&list, NULL, errp);
 }
 
 void qmp_blockdev_snapshot_sync(const char *device, const char *node_name,
@@ -2289,11 +2289,11 @@ static TransactionProperties *get_transaction_properties(
  * Always run under BQL.
  */
 void qmp_transaction(TransactionActionList *dev_list,
-                     bool has_props,
                      struct TransactionProperties *props,
                      Error **errp)
 {
     TransactionActionList *dev_entry = dev_list;
+    bool has_props = !!props;
     JobTxn *block_job_txn = NULL;
     BlkActionState *state, *next;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
diff --git a/scripts/qapi/schema.py b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
index f0726af876..3673296ad8 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/schema.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/schema.py
@@ -759,7 +759,6 @@ def need_has(self):
         assert self.type
         # Temporary hack to support dropping the has_FOO in reviewable chunks
         opt_out = [
-            'qapi/transaction.json',
             'qapi/ui.json',
             'qapi/virtio.json',
             'qga/qapi-schema.json']