diff --git a/hw/apic.h b/hw/apic.h
index a89542b231..1d48e027c3 100644
--- a/hw/apic.h
+++ b/hw/apic.h
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ void apic_sipi(DeviceState *s);
 void apic_handle_tpr_access_report(DeviceState *d, target_ulong ip,
                                    TPRAccess access);
 void apic_poll_irq(DeviceState *d);
+void apic_designate_bsp(DeviceState *d);
 
 /* pc.c */
-int cpu_is_bsp(CPUX86State *env);
 DeviceState *cpu_get_current_apic(void);
 
+/* cpu.c */
+bool cpu_is_bsp(X86CPU *cpu);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/apic_common.c b/hw/apic_common.c
index 60b82596e7..58e63b00da 100644
--- a/hw/apic_common.c
+++ b/hw/apic_common.c
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ uint64_t cpu_get_apic_base(DeviceState *d)
         trace_cpu_get_apic_base((uint64_t)s->apicbase);
         return s->apicbase;
     } else {
-        trace_cpu_get_apic_base(0);
-        return 0;
+        trace_cpu_get_apic_base(MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP);
+        return MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP;
     }
 }
 
@@ -201,13 +201,23 @@ void apic_init_reset(DeviceState *d)
     s->timer_expiry = -1;
 }
 
+void apic_designate_bsp(DeviceState *d)
+{
+    if (d == NULL) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    APICCommonState *s = APIC_COMMON(d);
+    s->apicbase |= MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP;
+}
+
 static void apic_reset_common(DeviceState *d)
 {
     APICCommonState *s = DO_UPCAST(APICCommonState, busdev.qdev, d);
     APICCommonClass *info = APIC_COMMON_GET_CLASS(s);
     bool bsp;
 
-    bsp = cpu_is_bsp(s->cpu_env);
+    bsp = cpu_is_bsp(x86_env_get_cpu(s->cpu_env));
     s->apicbase = 0xfee00000 |
         (bsp ? MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP : 0) | MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE;
 
diff --git a/hw/pc.c b/hw/pc.c
index 598267af89..a920686cec 100644
--- a/hw/pc.c
+++ b/hw/pc.c
@@ -857,12 +857,6 @@ void pc_init_ne2k_isa(ISABus *bus, NICInfo *nd)
     nb_ne2k++;
 }
 
-int cpu_is_bsp(CPUX86State *env)
-{
-    /* We hard-wire the BSP to the first CPU. */
-    return env->cpu_index == 0;
-}
-
 DeviceState *cpu_get_current_apic(void)
 {
     if (cpu_single_env) {
@@ -913,10 +907,7 @@ void pc_acpi_smi_interrupt(void *opaque, int irq, int level)
 static void pc_cpu_reset(void *opaque)
 {
     X86CPU *cpu = opaque;
-    CPUX86State *env = &cpu->env;
-
     cpu_reset(CPU(cpu));
-    env->halted = !cpu_is_bsp(env);
 }
 
 static X86CPU *pc_new_cpu(const char *cpu_model)
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 6b9659f9e7..365c2ffae9 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -1686,8 +1686,24 @@ static void x86_cpu_reset(CPUState *s)
     env->dr[7] = DR7_FIXED_1;
     cpu_breakpoint_remove_all(env, BP_CPU);
     cpu_watchpoint_remove_all(env, BP_CPU);
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+    /* We hard-wire the BSP to the first CPU. */
+    if (env->cpu_index == 0) {
+        apic_designate_bsp(env->apic_state);
+    }
+
+    env->halted = !cpu_is_bsp(cpu);
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+bool cpu_is_bsp(X86CPU *cpu)
+{
+    return cpu_get_apic_base(cpu->env.apic_state) & MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP;
+}
+#endif
+
 static void mce_init(X86CPU *cpu)
 {
     CPUX86State *cenv = &cpu->env;
diff --git a/target-i386/helper.c b/target-i386/helper.c
index d3af6eaf71..b748d90063 100644
--- a/target-i386/helper.c
+++ b/target-i386/helper.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,6 @@ void do_cpu_init(X86CPU *cpu)
     env->interrupt_request = sipi;
     env->pat = pat;
     apic_init_reset(env->apic_state);
-    env->halted = !cpu_is_bsp(env);
 }
 
 void do_cpu_sipi(X86CPU *cpu)
diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c
index e53c2f6bdf..4cfb3faf01 100644
--- a/target-i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target-i386/kvm.c
@@ -584,11 +584,13 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUX86State *env)
 
 void kvm_arch_reset_vcpu(CPUX86State *env)
 {
+    X86CPU *cpu = x86_env_get_cpu(env);
+
     env->exception_injected = -1;
     env->interrupt_injected = -1;
     env->xcr0 = 1;
     if (kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
-        env->mp_state = cpu_is_bsp(env) ? KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE :
+        env->mp_state = cpu_is_bsp(cpu) ? KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE :
                                           KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED;
     } else {
         env->mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;