diff --git a/replay/replay-events.c b/replay/replay-events.c
index a1c6bb934e..15983dd250 100644
--- a/replay/replay-events.c
+++ b/replay/replay-events.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "replay-internal.h"
 #include "block/aio.h"
 #include "ui/input.h"
+#include "hw/core/cpu.h"
 
 typedef struct Event {
     ReplayAsyncEventKind event_kind;
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ void replay_add_event(ReplayAsyncEventKind event_kind,
 
     g_assert(replay_mutex_locked());
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&events_list, event, events);
+    qemu_cpu_kick(first_cpu);
 }
 
 void replay_bh_schedule_event(QEMUBH *bh)