diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
index 74a9cfe84aeed..faebcbb8c4db3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
@@ -1921,6 +1921,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
 	mtspr	SPRN_PCR, r6
 18:
 	/* Signal secondary CPUs to continue */
+	li	r0, 0
 	stb	r0,VCORE_IN_GUEST(r5)
 19:	lis	r8,0x7fff		/* MAX_INT@h */
 	mtspr	SPRN_HDEC,r8