diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index 67d4c13ac5..81007b9d4e 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,8 @@ static void ppc_spapr_reset(void)
     if (!spapr->cas_reboot) {
         spapr_ovec_cleanup(spapr->ov5_cas);
         spapr->ov5_cas = spapr_ovec_new();
+
+        ppc_set_compat_all(spapr->max_compat_pvr, &error_fatal);
     }
 
     fdt = spapr_build_fdt(spapr, rtas_addr, spapr->rtas_size);
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 97472fd32a..d6719d5f78 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -118,16 +118,6 @@ static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     /* Enable PAPR mode in TCG or KVM */
     cpu_ppc_set_papr(cpu, PPC_VIRTUAL_HYPERVISOR(spapr));
 
-    if (spapr->max_compat_pvr) {
-        Error *local_err = NULL;
-
-        ppc_set_compat(cpu, spapr->max_compat_pvr, &local_err);
-        if (local_err) {
-            error_propagate(errp, local_err);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
     spapr_cpu_reset(cpu);
 }