diff --git a/dump.c b/dump.c
index c0d3da515b..87ca12cee0 100644
--- a/dump.c
+++ b/dump.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/dump.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/memory_mapping.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
 #include "qmp-commands.h"
 
@@ -731,12 +732,12 @@ static int dump_init(DumpState *s, int fd, bool paging, bool has_filter,
      * If the target architecture is not supported, cpu_get_dump_info() will
      * return -1.
      *
-     * if we use kvm, we should synchronize the register before we get dump
+     * If we use KVM, we should synchronize the registers before we get dump
      * info.
      */
+    cpu_synchronize_all_states();
     nr_cpus = 0;
     for (env = first_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu) {
-        cpu_synchronize_state(env);
         nr_cpus++;
     }