diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 136c8eaed3..7c8ce18bdd 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -728,7 +728,23 @@ static bool dirty_gfn_is_dirtied(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn)
 
 static void dirty_gfn_set_collected(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn)
 {
-    gfn->flags = KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET;
+    /*
+     * Use a store-release so that the CPU that executes KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS
+     * sees the full content of the ring:
+     *
+     * CPU0                     CPU1                         CPU2
+     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+     *                                                       fill gfn0
+     *                                                       store-rel flags for gfn0
+     * load-acq flags for gfn0
+     * store-rel RESET for gfn0
+     *                          ioctl(RESET_RINGS)
+     *                            load-acq flags for gfn0
+     *                            check if flags have RESET
+     *
+     * The synchronization goes from CPU2 to CPU0 to CPU1.
+     */
+    qatomic_store_release(&gfn->flags, KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET);
 }
 
 /*