diff --git a/target/s390x/cpu.c b/target/s390x/cpu.c
index cf84d307c6..8da1905485 100644
--- a/target/s390x/cpu.c
+++ b/target/s390x/cpu.c
@@ -144,8 +144,18 @@ static void s390_cpu_reset(CPUState *s, cpu_reset_type type)
     }
 
     /* Reset state inside the kernel that we cannot access yet from QEMU. */
-    if (kvm_enabled() && type != S390_CPU_RESET_NORMAL) {
-        kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(cpu);
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        switch (type) {
+        case S390_CPU_RESET_CLEAR:
+            kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_clear(cpu);
+            break;
+        case S390_CPU_RESET_INITIAL:
+            kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_initial(cpu);
+            break;
+        case S390_CPU_RESET_NORMAL:
+            kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_normal(cpu);
+            break;
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm-stub.c b/target/s390x/kvm-stub.c
index 5152e2bdf1..c4cd497f85 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm-stub.c
@@ -83,7 +83,15 @@ void kvm_s390_cmma_reset(void)
 {
 }
 
-void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(S390CPU *cpu)
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_initial(S390CPU *cpu)
+{
+}
+
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_clear(S390CPU *cpu)
+{
+}
+
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_normal(S390CPU *cpu)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm.c b/target/s390x/kvm.c
index 30112e529c..1d6fd6a27b 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm.c
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm.c
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ static int cap_s390_irq;
 static int cap_ri;
 static int cap_gs;
 static int cap_hpage_1m;
+static int cap_vcpu_resets;
 
 static int active_cmma;
 
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
     cap_async_pf = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_ASYNC_PF);
     cap_mem_op = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP);
     cap_s390_irq = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_S390_INJECT_IRQ);
+    cap_vcpu_resets = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS);
 
     if (!kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_S390_GMAP)
         || !kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_S390_COW)) {
@@ -406,17 +408,41 @@ int kvm_arch_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(S390CPU *cpu)
+static void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(S390CPU *cpu, unsigned long type)
 {
     CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
 
-    /* The initial reset call is needed here to reset in-kernel
-     * vcpu data that we can't access directly from QEMU
-     * (i.e. with older kernels which don't support sync_regs/ONE_REG).
-     * Before this ioctl cpu_synchronize_state() is called in common kvm
-     * code (kvm-all) */
-    if (kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET, NULL)) {
-        error_report("Initial CPU reset failed on CPU %i", cs->cpu_index);
+    /*
+     * The reset call is needed here to reset in-kernel vcpu data that
+     * we can't access directly from QEMU (i.e. with older kernels
+     * which don't support sync_regs/ONE_REG).  Before this ioctl
+     * cpu_synchronize_state() is called in common kvm code
+     * (kvm-all).
+     */
+    if (kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, type)) {
+        error_report("CPU reset failed on CPU %i type %lx",
+                     cs->cpu_index, type);
+    }
+}
+
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_initial(S390CPU *cpu)
+{
+    kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(cpu, KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET);
+}
+
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_clear(S390CPU *cpu)
+{
+    if (cap_vcpu_resets) {
+        kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(cpu, KVM_S390_CLEAR_RESET);
+    } else {
+        kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(cpu, KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET);
+    }
+}
+
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_normal(S390CPU *cpu)
+{
+    if (cap_vcpu_resets) {
+        kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(cpu, KVM_S390_NORMAL_RESET);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm_s390x.h b/target/s390x/kvm_s390x.h
index caf985955b..0b21789796 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm_s390x.h
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm_s390x.h
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ int kvm_s390_assign_subch_ioeventfd(EventNotifier *notifier, uint32_t sch,
                                     int vq, bool assign);
 int kvm_s390_cmma_active(void);
 void kvm_s390_cmma_reset(void);
-void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu(S390CPU *cpu);
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_clear(S390CPU *cpu);
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_normal(S390CPU *cpu);
+void kvm_s390_reset_vcpu_initial(S390CPU *cpu);
 int kvm_s390_set_mem_limit(uint64_t new_limit, uint64_t *hw_limit);
 void kvm_s390_set_max_pagesize(uint64_t pagesize, Error **errp);
 void kvm_s390_crypto_reset(void);