diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c
index 0a963473ad..7a3a7fe5fd 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio.c
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ void s390_machine_reset(void)
 {
     S390CPU *ipl_cpu = S390_CPU(qemu_get_cpu(0));
 
-    qemu_devices_reset();
     s390_cmma_reset();
+    qemu_devices_reset();
     s390_crypto_reset();
 
     /* all cpus are stopped - configure and start the ipl cpu only */