diff --git a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm.c b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm.c
--- a/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm.c
@@ -1424,8 +1424,13 @@
 		if (td_ast_pending(td, TDA_SUSPEND)) {
 			vcpu_unlock(vcpu);
 			error = thread_check_susp(td, false);
-			if (error != 0)
+			if (error != 0) {
+				if (vcpu_halted) {
+					CPU_CLR_ATOMIC(vcpuid,
+					    &vm->halted_cpus);
+				}
 				return (error);
+			}
 			vcpu_lock(vcpu);
 		}
 	}