diff --git a/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c b/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c
index bbd159e33cf..2a6ca0f44a8 100644
--- a/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c
+++ b/sys/i386/i386/vm_machdep.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ cpu_reset_real()
 	if (smp_processor_id() == 0)
 		HYPERVISOR_shutdown(SHUTDOWN_reboot);
 	else
-		HYPERVISOR_shutdown(SHUTDOWN_reboot);
+		HYPERVISOR_shutdown(SHUTDOWN_poweroff);
 #endif 
 #ifdef CPU_ELAN
 	if (elan_mmcr != NULL)