diff --git a/hw/vmmouse.c b/hw/vmmouse.c
index da2ea32dfb3488b40bf39e5697c7278535ff580c..5c80bc4f73e73334ea96560f7cf43408e1d07a50 100644
--- a/hw/vmmouse.c
+++ b/hw/vmmouse.c
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ static void vmmouse_reset(DeviceState *d)
 
     s->status = 0xffff;
     s->queue_size = VMMOUSE_QUEUE_SIZE;
+
+    vmmouse_disable(s);
 }
 
 static int vmmouse_initfn(ISADevice *dev)