diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 970390b8a9..bcfc0a4bf4 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -1856,9 +1856,6 @@ static void qemu_tcg_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 #ifdef _WIN32
         cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
 #endif
-        while (!cpu->created) {
-            qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-        }
     } else {
         /* For non-MTTCG cases we share the thread */
         cpu->thread = single_tcg_cpu_thread;
@@ -1884,9 +1881,6 @@ static void qemu_hax_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 #ifdef _WIN32
     cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
 #endif
-    while (!cpu->created) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
 }
 
 static void qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1900,9 +1894,6 @@ static void qemu_kvm_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
              cpu->cpu_index);
     qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn,
                        cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-    while (!cpu->created) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
 }
 
 static void qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1921,9 +1912,6 @@ static void qemu_hvf_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
              cpu->cpu_index);
     qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_hvf_cpu_thread_fn,
                        cpu, QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-    while (!cpu->created) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
 }
 
 static void qemu_whpx_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1940,9 +1928,6 @@ static void qemu_whpx_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 #ifdef _WIN32
     cpu->hThread = qemu_thread_get_handle(cpu->thread);
 #endif
-    while (!cpu->created) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
 }
 
 static void qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1956,9 +1941,6 @@ static void qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
              cpu->cpu_index);
     qemu_thread_create(cpu->thread, thread_name, qemu_dummy_cpu_thread_fn, cpu,
                        QEMU_THREAD_JOINABLE);
-    while (!cpu->created) {
-        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
-    }
 }
 
 void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
@@ -1988,6 +1970,10 @@ void qemu_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
     } else {
         qemu_dummy_start_vcpu(cpu);
     }
+
+    while (!cpu->created) {
+        qemu_cond_wait(&qemu_cpu_cond, &qemu_global_mutex);
+    }
 }
 
 void cpu_stop_current(void)