diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e21194566b7..764554350ed 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2604,7 +2604,6 @@ int kvm_init(void *opaque, unsigned int vcpu_size,
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_free_0;
 	}
-	cpumask_clear(cpus_hardware_enabled);
 
 	r = kvm_arch_hardware_setup();
 	if (r < 0)