diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c b/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c
index be1f5f1061375057bc21bea041ca7a9b3e482ff5..63ccd5c35a37cc04c0910f3ed062b3b09ee8d3d2 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio-bus.c
@@ -57,6 +57,29 @@ static ram_addr_t s390_virtio_device_num_vq(VirtIOS390Device *dev);
 /* length of VirtIO device pages */
 const target_phys_addr_t virtio_size = S390_DEVICE_PAGES * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
 
+static void s390_virtio_bus_reset(void *opaque)
+{
+    VirtIOS390Bus *bus = opaque;
+    bus->next_ring = bus->dev_page + TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
+}
+
+void s390_virtio_reset_idx(VirtIOS390Device *dev)
+{
+    int i;
+    target_phys_addr_t idx_addr;
+    uint8_t num_vq;
+
+    num_vq = s390_virtio_device_num_vq(dev);
+    for (i = 0; i < num_vq; i++) {
+        idx_addr = virtio_queue_get_avail_addr(dev->vdev, i) +
+            VIRTIO_VRING_AVAIL_IDX_OFFS;
+        stw_phys(idx_addr, 0);
+        idx_addr = virtio_queue_get_used_addr(dev->vdev, i) +
+            VIRTIO_VRING_USED_IDX_OFFS;
+        stw_phys(idx_addr, 0);
+    }
+}
+
 VirtIOS390Bus *s390_virtio_bus_init(ram_addr_t *ram_size)
 {
     VirtIOS390Bus *bus;
@@ -82,6 +105,7 @@ VirtIOS390Bus *s390_virtio_bus_init(ram_addr_t *ram_size)
     /* Allocate RAM for VirtIO device pages (descriptors, queues, rings) */
     *ram_size += S390_DEVICE_PAGES * TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
 
+    qemu_register_reset(s390_virtio_bus_reset, bus);
     return bus;
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +138,7 @@ static int s390_virtio_device_init(VirtIOS390Device *dev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
     virtio_bind_device(vdev, &virtio_s390_bindings, dev);
     dev->host_features = vdev->get_features(vdev, dev->host_features);
     s390_virtio_device_sync(dev);
-
+    s390_virtio_reset_idx(dev);
     if (dev->qdev.hotplugged) {
         CPUS390XState *env = s390_cpu_addr2state(0);
         s390_virtio_irq(env, VIRTIO_PARAM_DEV_ADD, dev->dev_offs);
diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio-bus.h b/hw/s390-virtio-bus.h
index 0e60bc0fa2b5c2199515fe934456101cac66e1c2..49e6c462df321b4cb870ebfb19cc2e7c994abd44 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio-bus.h
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio-bus.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #define VIRTIO_VQCONFIG_LEN		24
 
 #define VIRTIO_RING_LEN			(TARGET_PAGE_SIZE * 3)
+#define VIRTIO_VRING_AVAIL_IDX_OFFS 2
+#define VIRTIO_VRING_USED_IDX_OFFS 2
 #define S390_DEVICE_PAGES		512
 
 #define VIRTIO_PARAM_MASK               0xff
@@ -90,3 +92,5 @@ VirtIOS390Device *s390_virtio_bus_find_vring(VirtIOS390Bus *bus,
                                              ram_addr_t mem, int *vq_num);
 VirtIOS390Device *s390_virtio_bus_find_mem(VirtIOS390Bus *bus, ram_addr_t mem);
 void s390_virtio_device_sync(VirtIOS390Device *dev);
+void s390_virtio_reset_idx(VirtIOS390Device *dev);
+
diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390-virtio.c
index 1ebe70d0e3e0f58fb8cb58257af9350260384732..c0e19fd66d7549c0026ccb3fa859e83a36e8aa10 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio.c
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ int s390_virtio_hypercall(CPUS390XState *env, uint64_t mem, uint64_t hypercall)
         virtio_reset(dev->vdev);
         stb_phys(dev->dev_offs + VIRTIO_DEV_OFFS_STATUS, 0);
         s390_virtio_device_sync(dev);
+        s390_virtio_reset_idx(dev);
         break;
     }
     case KVM_S390_VIRTIO_SET_STATUS:
@@ -230,6 +231,11 @@ static void s390_init(ram_addr_t my_ram_size,
         if (kernel_size == -1UL) {
             kernel_size = load_image_targphys(kernel_filename, 0, ram_size);
         }
+        if (kernel_size == -1UL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load kernel '%s'\n",
+                    kernel_filename);
+            exit(1);
+        }
         /*
          * we can not rely on the ELF entry point, since up to 3.2 this
          * value was 0x800 (the SALIPL loader) and it wont work. For
@@ -269,12 +275,18 @@ static void s390_init(ram_addr_t my_ram_size,
         }
         initrd_size = load_image_targphys(initrd_filename, initrd_offset,
                                           ram_size - initrd_offset);
+        if (initrd_size == -1UL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not load initrd '%s'\n",
+                    initrd_filename);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+
         /* we have to overwrite values in the kernel image, which are "rom" */
         memcpy(rom_ptr(INITRD_PARM_START), &initrd_offset, 8);
         memcpy(rom_ptr(INITRD_PARM_SIZE), &initrd_size, 8);
     }
 
-    if (kernel_cmdline) {
+    if (rom_ptr(KERN_PARM_AREA)) {
         /* we have to overwrite values in the kernel image, which are "rom" */
         memcpy(rom_ptr(KERN_PARM_AREA), kernel_cmdline,
                strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 1);
@@ -320,8 +332,11 @@ static QEMUMachine s390_machine = {
     .alias = "s390",
     .desc = "VirtIO based S390 machine",
     .init = s390_init,
+    .no_cdrom = 1,
+    .no_floppy = 1,
     .no_serial = 1,
     .no_parallel = 1,
+    .no_sdcard = 1,
     .use_virtcon = 1,
     .max_cpus = 255,
     .is_default = 1,
diff --git a/target-s390x/kvm.c b/target-s390x/kvm.c
index 2b6723149de3f3b1200ecd3e98e76835f216267f..90aad61eb09de6b87118e24aa2299324e9b50787 100644
--- a/target-s390x/kvm.c
+++ b/target-s390x/kvm.c
@@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ static int handle_instruction(CPUS390XState *env, struct kvm_run *run)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static bool is_special_wait_psw(CPUS390XState *env)
+{
+    /* signal quiesce */
+    return env->kvm_run->psw_addr == 0xfffUL;
+}
+
 static int handle_intercept(CPUS390XState *env)
 {
     struct kvm_run *run = env->kvm_run;
@@ -420,6 +426,12 @@ static int handle_intercept(CPUS390XState *env)
             r = handle_instruction(env, run);
             break;
         case ICPT_WAITPSW:
+            if (s390_del_running_cpu(env) == 0 &&
+                is_special_wait_psw(env)) {
+                qemu_system_shutdown_request();
+            }
+            r = EXCP_HALTED;
+            break;
         case ICPT_CPU_STOP:
             if (s390_del_running_cpu(env) == 0) {
                 qemu_system_shutdown_request();
@@ -452,8 +464,7 @@ int kvm_arch_handle_exit(CPUS390XState *env, struct kvm_run *run)
             ret = handle_intercept(env);
             break;
         case KVM_EXIT_S390_RESET:
-            fprintf(stderr, "RESET not implemented\n");
-            exit(1);
+            qemu_system_reset_request();
             break;
         default:
             fprintf(stderr, "Unknown KVM exit: %d\n", run->exit_reason);