diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 1b5168a1db..2edb5cd807 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -940,7 +940,6 @@ static void *qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     qemu_mutex_lock(&qemu_global_mutex);
     qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
     cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->exception_index = -1;
     cpu->can_do_io = 1;
     current_cpu = cpu;
 
@@ -982,7 +981,6 @@ static void *qemu_dummy_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
     qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
     cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
-    cpu->exception_index = -1;
     cpu->can_do_io = 1;
 
     sigemptyset(&waitset);
@@ -1026,7 +1024,6 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
     CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
         cpu->thread_id = qemu_get_thread_id();
         cpu->created = true;
-        cpu->exception_index = -1;
         cpu->can_do_io = 1;
     }
     qemu_cond_signal(&qemu_cpu_cond);
diff --git a/qom/cpu.c b/qom/cpu.c
index 79d22285f3..9c68fa4810 100644
--- a/qom/cpu.c
+++ b/qom/cpu.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ static void cpu_common_reset(CPUState *cpu)
     cpu->icount_extra = 0;
     cpu->icount_decr.u32 = 0;
     cpu->can_do_io = 0;
+    cpu->exception_index = -1;
     memset(cpu->tb_jmp_cache, 0, TB_JMP_CACHE_SIZE * sizeof(void *));
 }