diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 96d9147620bf..b306ca2238ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4466,8 +4466,6 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APIC_PAGE_RELOAD, vcpu);
 
 	vpid_sync_context(vmx->vpid);
-	if (init_event)
-		vmx_clear_hlt(vcpu);
 }
 
 static void vmx_enable_irq_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)