diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index dad80df581d5724f8e575cbbf5f5e4c48b20fe47..11034df27f60c7799bbbc47287a4dd10e74ba7d8 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -141,6 +141,21 @@ err:
     return ret;
 }
 
+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
  */
diff --git a/kvm.h b/kvm.h
index ac464ab1bf9c4db7f9abc17bd63f5b7dde0bae8a..efce1450d598cda72d95cccc63c1237af0e0b237 100644
--- a/kvm.h
+++ b/kvm.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ 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 c3a8d8fc9a94ed9a69405967cdd4258c1fe921a0..0a021515abcfadf2f5ee0caf818374cbeafa537b 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -5456,6 +5456,17 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     machine->init(ram_size, vga_ram_size, boot_devices, ds,
                   kernel_filename, kernel_cmdline, initrd_filename, cpu_model);
 
+    /* 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++) {