diff --git a/hw/cirrus_vga.c b/hw/cirrus_vga.c
index 2724f7b480af74844b14e483dfe2763ba4347bcb..bdf4c8b32d52f334f5ce4fe027f7790a81df9350 100644
--- a/hw/cirrus_vga.c
+++ b/hw/cirrus_vga.c
@@ -3024,7 +3024,6 @@ static void cirrus_init_common(CirrusVGAState * s, int device_id, int is_pci)
     s->vga.cursor_draw_line = cirrus_cursor_draw_line;
 
     qemu_register_reset(cirrus_reset, s);
-    cirrus_reset(s);
 }
 
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