diff --git a/hw/virtio.c b/hw/virtio.c
index fbef788854..c8a0fc6ff0 100644
--- a/hw/virtio.c
+++ b/hw/virtio.c
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ void virtio_reset(void *opaque)
     VirtIODevice *vdev = opaque;
     int i;
 
+    virtio_set_status(vdev, 0);
+
     if (vdev->reset)
         vdev->reset(vdev);