diff --git a/target/s390x/sigp.c b/target/s390x/sigp.c
index 51c727834c..9dd977349a 100644
--- a/target/s390x/sigp.c
+++ b/target/s390x/sigp.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static void sigp_stop_and_store_status(CPUState *cs, run_on_cpu_data arg)
     case S390_CPU_STATE_OPERATING:
         cpu->env.sigp_order = SIGP_STOP_STORE_STATUS;
         cpu_inject_stop(cpu);
-        /* store will be performed in do_stop_interrup() */
+        /* store will be performed in do_stop_interrupt() */
         break;
     case S390_CPU_STATE_STOPPED:
         /* already stopped, just store the status */
@@ -479,13 +479,17 @@ void do_stop_interrupt(CPUS390XState *env)
 {
     S390CPU *cpu = env_archcpu(env);
 
-    if (s390_cpu_set_state(S390_CPU_STATE_STOPPED, cpu) == 0) {
-        qemu_system_shutdown_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_GUEST_SHUTDOWN);
-    }
+    /*
+     * Complete the STOP operation before exposing the CPU as
+     * STOPPED to the system.
+     */
     if (cpu->env.sigp_order == SIGP_STOP_STORE_STATUS) {
         s390_store_status(cpu, S390_STORE_STATUS_DEF_ADDR, true);
     }
     env->sigp_order = 0;
+    if (s390_cpu_set_state(S390_CPU_STATE_STOPPED, cpu) == 0) {
+        qemu_system_shutdown_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_GUEST_SHUTDOWN);
+    }
     env->pending_int &= ~INTERRUPT_STOP;
 }