diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 4d0a84f3ec..9efddeaee5 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1373,6 +1373,8 @@ void spapr_reallocate_hpt(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, int shift,
             DIRTY_HPTE(HPTE(spapr->htab, i));
         }
     }
+    /* We're setting up a hash table, so that means we're not radix */
+    spapr->patb_entry = 0;
 }
 
 void spapr_setup_hpt_and_vrma(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
@@ -1392,8 +1394,6 @@ void spapr_setup_hpt_and_vrma(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
         spapr->rma_size = kvmppc_rma_size(spapr_node0_size(MACHINE(spapr)),
                                           spapr->htab_shift);
     }
-    /* We're setting up a hash table, so that means we're not radix */
-    spapr->patb_entry = 0;
 }
 
 static void find_unknown_sysbus_device(SysBusDevice *sbdev, void *opaque)
diff --git a/target/ppc/machine.c b/target/ppc/machine.c
index 384caee800..24117e8f31 100644
--- a/target/ppc/machine.c
+++ b/target/ppc/machine.c
@@ -237,9 +237,11 @@ static int cpu_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
 
 #if defined(TARGET_PPC64)
     if (cpu->compat_pvr) {
+        uint32_t compat_pvr = cpu->compat_pvr;
         Error *local_err = NULL;
 
-        ppc_set_compat(cpu, cpu->compat_pvr, &local_err);
+        cpu->compat_pvr = 0;
+        ppc_set_compat(cpu, compat_pvr, &local_err);
         if (local_err) {
             error_report_err(local_err);
             return -1;