diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index cec441cbf4..0e5f29d348 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ static void ppc_spapr_reset(void)
     }
 
     qemu_devices_reset();
+    spapr_clear_pending_events(spapr);
 
     /*
      * We place the device tree and RTAS just below either the top of the RMA,
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
index f952b78237..66b8164f30 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_events.c
@@ -700,6 +700,17 @@ static void event_scan(PowerPCCPU *cpu, sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
     rtas_st(rets, 0, RTAS_OUT_NO_ERRORS_FOUND);
 }
 
+void spapr_clear_pending_events(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
+{
+    sPAPREventLogEntry *entry = NULL;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH(entry, &spapr->pending_events, next) {
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&spapr->pending_events, entry, next);
+        g_free(entry->extended_log);
+        g_free(entry);
+    }
+}
+
 void spapr_events_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
 {
     QTAILQ_INIT(&spapr->pending_events);
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index 2a303a705c..5d161ec580 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ void spapr_cpu_parse_features(sPAPRMachineState *spapr);
 int spapr_hpt_shift_for_ramsize(uint64_t ramsize);
 void spapr_reallocate_hpt(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, int shift,
                           Error **errp);
+void spapr_clear_pending_events(sPAPRMachineState *spapr);
 
 /* CPU and LMB DRC release callbacks. */
 void spapr_core_release(DeviceState *dev);