diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index bce04caea..28fa28283 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ impl Vmm {
             let exit_evt = self.exit_evt.try_clone().map_err(VmError::EventFdClone)?;
             let reset_evt = self.reset_evt.try_clone().map_err(VmError::EventFdClone)?;
 
+            // The Linux kernel fires off an i8042 reset after doing the ACPI reset so there may be
+            // an event sitting in the shared reset_evt. Without doing this we get very early reboots
+            // during the boot process.
+            if self.reset_evt.read().is_ok() {
+                warn!("Spurious second reset event received. Ignoring.");
+            }
             self.vm = Some(Vm::new(config, exit_evt, reset_evt, self.vmm_path.clone())?);
         }