diff --git a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c
index cda1af4cae..81f0403117 100644
--- a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_kvm.c
@@ -604,6 +604,32 @@ static void kvm_arm_gicv3_get(GICv3State *s)
     }
 }
 
+static void arm_gicv3_icc_reset(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu;
+    GICv3State *s;
+    GICv3CPUState *c;
+
+    c = (GICv3CPUState *)env->gicv3state;
+    s = c->gic;
+    cpu = ARM_CPU(c->cpu);
+
+    /* Initialize to actual HW supported configuration */
+    kvm_device_access(s->dev_fd, KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_SYSREGS,
+                      KVM_VGIC_ATTR(ICC_CTLR_EL1, cpu->mp_affinity),
+                      &c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_NS], false);
+
+    c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_S] = c->icc_ctlr_el1[GICV3_NS];
+    c->icc_pmr_el1 = 0;
+    c->icc_bpr[GICV3_G0] = GIC_MIN_BPR;
+    c->icc_bpr[GICV3_G1] = GIC_MIN_BPR;
+    c->icc_bpr[GICV3_G1NS] = GIC_MIN_BPR;
+
+    c->icc_sre_el1 = 0x7;
+    memset(c->icc_apr, 0, sizeof(c->icc_apr));
+    memset(c->icc_igrpen, 0, sizeof(c->icc_igrpen));
+}
+
 static void kvm_arm_gicv3_reset(DeviceState *dev)
 {
     GICv3State *s = ARM_GICV3_COMMON(dev);
@@ -621,6 +647,34 @@ static void kvm_arm_gicv3_reset(DeviceState *dev)
     kvm_arm_gicv3_put(s);
 }
 
+/*
+ * CPU interface registers of GIC needs to be reset on CPU reset.
+ * For the calling arm_gicv3_icc_reset() on CPU reset, we register
+ * below ARMCPRegInfo. As we reset the whole cpu interface under single
+ * register reset, we define only one register of CPU interface instead
+ * of defining all the registers.
+ */
+static const ARMCPRegInfo gicv3_cpuif_reginfo[] = {
+    { .name = "ICC_CTLR_EL1", .state = ARM_CP_STATE_BOTH,
+      .opc0 = 3, .opc1 = 0, .crn = 12, .crm = 12, .opc2 = 4,
+      /*
+       * If ARM_CP_NOP is used, resetfn is not called,
+       * So ARM_CP_NO_RAW is appropriate type.
+       */
+      .type = ARM_CP_NO_RAW,
+      .access = PL1_RW,
+      .readfn = arm_cp_read_zero,
+      .writefn = arm_cp_write_ignore,
+      /*
+       * We hang the whole cpu interface reset routine off here
+       * rather than parcelling it out into one little function
+       * per register
+       */
+      .resetfn = arm_gicv3_icc_reset,
+    },
+    REGINFO_SENTINEL
+};
+
 static void kvm_arm_gicv3_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 {
     GICv3State *s = KVM_ARM_GICV3(dev);
@@ -644,6 +698,12 @@ static void kvm_arm_gicv3_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     gicv3_init_irqs_and_mmio(s, kvm_arm_gicv3_set_irq, NULL);
 
+    for (i = 0; i < s->num_cpu; i++) {
+        ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(qemu_get_cpu(i));
+
+        define_arm_cp_regs(cpu, gicv3_cpuif_reginfo);
+    }
+
     /* Try to create the device via the device control API */
     s->dev_fd = kvm_create_device(kvm_state, KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3, false);
     if (s->dev_fd < 0) {