diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
index eb3dc15254047..372421ba0259e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/handlers.c
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ static int gdrst_mmio_write(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu, unsigned int offset,
 
 	intel_gvt_reset_vgpu_locked(vgpu, false, engine_mask);
 
+	/* sw will wait for the device to ack the reset request */
+	 vgpu_vreg(vgpu, offset) = 0;
+
 	return 0;
 }