diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 08b66642dd..a161fff813 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -2388,6 +2388,11 @@ void kvm_flush_coalesced_mmio_buffer(void)
     s->coalesced_flush_in_progress = false;
 }
 
+bool kvm_cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable();
+}
+
 static void do_kvm_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data arg)
 {
     if (!cpu->vcpu_dirty) {
diff --git a/include/sysemu/cpus.h b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
index 3c1da6a018..d3e6cdf126 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/cpus.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/cpus.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ void dump_drift_info(void);
 void qemu_cpu_kick_self(void);
 void qemu_timer_notify_cb(void *opaque, QEMUClockType type);
 
+bool cpus_are_resettable(void);
+
 void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void);
 void cpu_synchronize_all_post_reset(void);
 void cpu_synchronize_all_post_init(void);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h b/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h
index e128f8b06b..6d387226d4 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/hw_accel.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
 #include "sysemu/hvf.h"
 #include "sysemu/whpx.h"
 
+static inline bool cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return kvm_enabled() ? kvm_cpu_check_are_resettable() : true;
+}
+
 static inline void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index b7ff481d61..51a12c83ed 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -581,4 +581,14 @@ int kvm_get_max_memslots(void);
 /* Notify resamplefd for EOI of specific interrupts. */
 void kvm_resample_fd_notify(int gsi);
 
+/**
+ * kvm_cpu_check_are_resettable - return whether CPUs can be reset
+ *
+ * Returns: true: CPUs are resettable
+ *          false: CPUs are not resettable
+ */
+bool kvm_cpu_check_are_resettable(void);
+
+bool kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/softmmu/cpus.c b/softmmu/cpus.c
index e3b98065c9..ee9c46527c 100644
--- a/softmmu/cpus.c
+++ b/softmmu/cpus.c
@@ -927,6 +927,11 @@ void hw_error(const char *fmt, ...)
     abort();
 }
 
+bool cpus_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return cpu_check_are_resettable();
+}
+
 void cpu_synchronize_all_states(void)
 {
     CPUState *cpu;
diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index f7b103467c..1f54c6b416 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -1475,7 +1475,10 @@ void qemu_system_guest_crashloaded(GuestPanicInformation *info)
 
 void qemu_system_reset_request(ShutdownCause reason)
 {
-    if (no_reboot && reason != SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_SUBSYSTEM_RESET) {
+    if (!cpus_are_resettable()) {
+        error_report("cpus are not resettable, terminating");
+        shutdown_requested = reason;
+    } else if (no_reboot && reason != SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_SUBSYSTEM_RESET) {
         shutdown_requested = reason;
     } else {
         reset_requested = reason;
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index 0dcb9bfe13..f9584a1425 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -1029,3 +1029,8 @@ int kvm_arch_msi_data_to_gsi(uint32_t data)
 {
     return (data - 32) & 0xffff;
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index 7c2a3a123b..eefd1a11b6 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "sysemu/kvm_int.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "kvm_i386.h"
+#include "sev_i386.h"
 #include "hyperv.h"
 #include "hyperv-proto.h"
 
@@ -4738,3 +4739,8 @@ bool kvm_has_waitpkg(void)
 {
     return has_msr_umwait;
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return !sev_es_enabled();
+}
diff --git a/target/mips/kvm.c b/target/mips/kvm.c
index 72637a1e02..ad612e74c1 100644
--- a/target/mips/kvm.c
+++ b/target/mips/kvm.c
@@ -1296,3 +1296,8 @@ int mips_kvm_type(MachineState *machine, const char *vm_type)
 
     return -1;
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/target/ppc/kvm.c b/target/ppc/kvm.c
index d85ba8ffe0..d9a4750324 100644
--- a/target/ppc/kvm.c
+++ b/target/ppc/kvm.c
@@ -2948,3 +2948,8 @@ void kvmppc_svm_off(Error **errp)
         error_setg_errno(errp, -rc, "KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF ioctl failed");
     }
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return true;
+}
diff --git a/target/s390x/kvm.c b/target/s390x/kvm.c
index f2f75d2a57..f68210373f 100644
--- a/target/s390x/kvm.c
+++ b/target/s390x/kvm.c
@@ -2543,3 +2543,8 @@ void kvm_s390_stop_interrupt(S390CPU *cpu)
 
     kvm_s390_vcpu_interrupt(cpu, &irq);
 }
+
+bool kvm_arch_cpu_check_are_resettable(void)
+{
+    return true;
+}
