1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
index 724adfc63cb9..f4c93f1cfc19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/reboot.c
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off);
 
 static const struct desc_ptr no_idt = {};
 static int reboot_mode;
-enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_KBD;
+/*
+ * Keyboard reset and triple fault may result in INIT, not RESET, which
+ * doesn't work when we're in vmx root mode.  Try ACPI first.
+ */
+enum reboot_type reboot_type = BOOT_ACPI;
 int reboot_force;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)