diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index fa5b619..dcfe3eb 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static void cpu_common_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
 {
     CPUState *env = opaque;
 
-    cpu_synchronize_state(env, 0);
+    cpu_synchronize_state(env);
 
     qemu_put_be32s(f, &env->halted);
     qemu_put_be32s(f, &env->interrupt_request);
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ static int cpu_common_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 {
     CPUState *env = opaque;
 
+    cpu_synchronize_state(env);
     if (version_id != CPU_COMMON_SAVE_VERSION)
         return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -539,7 +540,6 @@ static int cpu_common_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
        version_id is increased. */
     env->interrupt_request &= ~0x01;
     tlb_flush(env, 1);
-    cpu_synchronize_state(env, 1);
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index ff4c86c..33d79eb 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -1568,8 +1568,8 @@ static void gdb_breakpoint_remove_all(void)
 static void gdb_set_cpu_pc(GDBState *s, target_ulong pc)
 {
 #if defined(TARGET_I386)
+    cpu_synchronize_state(s->c_cpu);
     s->c_cpu->eip = pc;
-    cpu_synchronize_state(s->c_cpu, 1);
 #elif defined (TARGET_PPC)
     s->c_cpu->nip = pc;
 #elif defined (TARGET_SPARC)
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
         }
         break;
     case 'g':
-        cpu_synchronize_state(s->g_cpu, 0);
+        cpu_synchronize_state(s->g_cpu);
         len = 0;
         for (addr = 0; addr < num_g_regs; addr++) {
             reg_size = gdb_read_register(s->g_cpu, mem_buf + len, addr);
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
         put_packet(s, buf);
         break;
     case 'G':
+        cpu_synchronize_state(s->g_cpu);
         registers = mem_buf;
         len = strlen(p) / 2;
         hextomem((uint8_t *)registers, p, len);
@@ -1773,7 +1774,6 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
             len -= reg_size;
             registers += reg_size;
         }
-        cpu_synchronize_state(s->g_cpu, 1);
         put_packet(s, "OK");
         break;
     case 'm':
@@ -1929,7 +1929,7 @@ static int gdb_handle_packet(GDBState *s, const char *line_buf)
             thread = strtoull(p+16, (char **)&p, 16);
             env = find_cpu(thread);
             if (env != NULL) {
-                cpu_synchronize_state(env, 0);
+                cpu_synchronize_state(env);
                 len = snprintf((char *)mem_buf, sizeof(mem_buf),
                                "CPU#%d [%s]", env->cpu_index,
                                env->halted ? "halted " : "running");
diff --git a/hw/apic.c b/hw/apic.c
index 1927811..0c5bc33 100644
--- a/hw/apic.c
+++ b/hw/apic.c
@@ -937,8 +937,11 @@ static int apic_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
 static void apic_reset(void *opaque)
 {
     APICState *s = opaque;
-    int bsp = cpu_is_bsp(s->cpu_env);
+    int bsp;
 
+    cpu_synchronize_state(s->cpu_env);
+
+    bsp = cpu_is_bsp(s->cpu_env);
     s->apicbase = 0xfee00000 |
         (bsp ? MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BSP : 0) | MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE;
 
@@ -953,8 +956,6 @@ static void apic_reset(void *opaque)
          */
         s->lvt[APIC_LVT_LINT0] = 0x700;
     }
-
-    cpu_synchronize_state(s->cpu_env, 1);
 }
 
 static CPUReadMemoryFunc *apic_mem_read[3] = {
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index f669c3a..15c30d4 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct KVMState
     KVMSlot slots[32];
     int fd;
     int vmfd;
+    int regs_modified;
     int coalesced_mmio;
     int broken_set_mem_region;
     int migration_log;
@@ -576,6 +577,14 @@ static void kvm_run_coalesced_mmio(CPUState *env, struct kvm_run *run)
 #endif
 }
 
+void kvm_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *env)
+{
+    if (!env->kvm_state->regs_modified) {
+        kvm_arch_get_registers(env);
+        env->kvm_state->regs_modified = 1;
+    }
+}
+
 int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *env)
 {
     struct kvm_run *run = env->kvm_run;
@@ -590,6 +599,11 @@ int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *env)
             break;
         }
 
+        if (env->kvm_state->regs_modified) {
+            kvm_arch_put_registers(env);
+            env->kvm_state->regs_modified = 0;
+        }
+
         kvm_arch_pre_run(env, run);
         ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(env, KVM_RUN, 0);
         kvm_arch_post_run(env, run);
diff --git a/kvm.h b/kvm.h
index 0d4dd53..dbe825f 100644
--- a/kvm.h
+++ b/kvm.h
@@ -128,16 +128,14 @@ int kvm_check_extension(KVMState *s, unsigned int extension);
 
 uint32_t kvm_arch_get_supported_cpuid(CPUState *env, uint32_t function,
                                       int reg);
+void kvm_cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *env);
 
 /* generic hooks - to be moved/refactored once there are more users */
 
-static inline void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *env, int modified)
+static inline void cpu_synchronize_state(CPUState *env)
 {
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
-        if (modified)
-            kvm_arch_put_registers(env);
-        else
-            kvm_arch_get_registers(env);
+        kvm_cpu_synchronize_state(env);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 362322b..30f050e 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static CPUState *mon_get_cpu(void)
     if (!cur_mon->mon_cpu) {
         mon_set_cpu(0);
     }
-    cpu_synchronize_state(cur_mon->mon_cpu, 0);
+    cpu_synchronize_state(cur_mon->mon_cpu);
     return cur_mon->mon_cpu;
 }
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static void do_info_cpus(Monitor *mon)
     mon_get_cpu();
 
     for(env = first_cpu; env != NULL; env = env->next_cpu) {
-        cpu_synchronize_state(env, 0);
+        cpu_synchronize_state(env);
         monitor_printf(mon, "%c CPU #%d:",
                        (env == mon->mon_cpu) ? '*' : ' ',
                        env->cpu_index);
diff --git a/target-i386/machine.c b/target-i386/machine.c
index 8bf13cc..ab31329 100644
--- a/target-i386/machine.c
+++ b/target-i386/machine.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void cpu_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     int32_t pending_irq;
     int i, bit;
 
-    cpu_synchronize_state(env, 0);
+    cpu_synchronize_state(env);
 
     for(i = 0; i < CPU_NB_REGS; i++)
         qemu_put_betls(f, &env->regs[i]);
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ int cpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     int32_t a20_mask;
     int32_t pending_irq;
 
+    cpu_synchronize_state(env);
     if (version_id < 3 || version_id > CPU_SAVE_VERSION)
         return -EINVAL;
     for(i = 0; i < CPU_NB_REGS; i++)
@@ -380,6 +381,5 @@ int cpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     /* XXX: compute redundant hflags bits */
     env->hflags = hflags;
     tlb_flush(env, 1);
-    cpu_synchronize_state(env, 1);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/target-ppc/machine.c b/target-ppc/machine.c
index deb2e2d..4897c8a 100644
--- a/target-ppc/machine.c
+++ b/target-ppc/machine.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ void cpu_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque)
     CPUState *env = (CPUState *)opaque;
     unsigned int i, j;
 
-    cpu_synchronize_state(env, 0);
+    cpu_synchronize_state(env);
 
     for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
         qemu_put_betls(f, &env->gpr[i]);
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ int cpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     CPUState *env = (CPUState *)opaque;
     unsigned int i, j;
 
+    cpu_synchronize_state(env);
+
     for (i = 0; i < 32; i++)
         qemu_get_betls(f, &env->gpr[i]);
 #if !defined(TARGET_PPC64)
@@ -177,7 +179,5 @@ int cpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, int version_id)
     qemu_get_sbe32s(f, &env->mmu_idx);
     qemu_get_sbe32s(f, &env->power_mode);
 
-    cpu_synchronize_state(env, 1);
-
     return 0;
 }
