diff --git a/hw/apic.c b/hw/apic.c
index 3ec4156cf..cb9f8ee04 100644
--- a/hw/apic.c
+++ b/hw/apic.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "msix.h"
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "host-utils.h"
+#include "kvm.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_APIC
 
@@ -953,6 +954,8 @@ static void apic_reset(void *opaque)
          */
         s->lvt[APIC_LVT_LINT0] = 0x700;
     }
+
+    cpu_synchronize_state(s->cpu_env, 1);
 }
 
 static CPUReadMemoryFunc *apic_mem_read[3] = {
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index d843338f3..017296bc0 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ static int kvm_set_user_memory_region(KVMState *s, KVMSlot *slot)
     return kvm_vm_ioctl(s, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION, &mem);
 }
 
+static void kvm_reset_vcpu(void *opaque)
+{
+    CPUState *env = opaque;
+
+    if (kvm_arch_put_registers(env)) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Fatal: kvm vcpu reset failed\n");
+        abort();
+    }
+}
 
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *env)
 {
@@ -176,7 +185,10 @@ int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *env)
     }
 
     ret = kvm_arch_init_vcpu(env);
-
+    if (ret == 0) {
+        qemu_register_reset(kvm_reset_vcpu, 0, env);
+        ret = kvm_arch_put_registers(env);
+    }
 err:
     return ret;
 }
@@ -201,21 +213,6 @@ int kvm_get_mp_state(CPUState *env)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int kvm_sync_vcpus(void)
-{
-    CPUState *env;
-
-    for (env = first_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu) {
-        int ret;
-
-        ret = kvm_arch_put_registers(env);
-        if (ret)
-            return ret;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * dirty pages logging control
  */
@@ -397,11 +394,6 @@ int kvm_check_extension(KVMState *s, unsigned int extension)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void kvm_reset_vcpus(void *opaque)
-{
-    kvm_sync_vcpus();
-}
-
 int kvm_init(int smp_cpus)
 {
     static const char upgrade_note[] =
@@ -492,8 +484,6 @@ int kvm_init(int smp_cpus)
     if (ret < 0)
         goto err;
 
-    qemu_register_reset(kvm_reset_vcpus, INT_MAX, NULL);
-
     kvm_state = s;
 
     return 0;
diff --git a/kvm.h b/kvm.h
index 560aef387..96b4d7260 100644
--- a/kvm.h
+++ b/kvm.h
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ struct kvm_run;
 int kvm_init(int smp_cpus);
 
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *env);
-int kvm_sync_vcpus(void);
 
 int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *env);
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index eb2449a13..c84e2d1bc 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -6057,17 +6057,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     current_machine = machine;
 
-    /* Set KVM's vcpu state to qemu's initial CPUState. */
-    if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        int ret;
-
-        ret = kvm_sync_vcpus();
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize vcpus\n");
-            exit(1);
-        }
-    }
-
     /* init USB devices */
     if (usb_enabled) {
         for(i = 0; i < usb_devices_index; i++) {