diff --git a/hw/vmmouse.c b/hw/vmmouse.c
index 6338efa1c..578122c9f 100644
--- a/hw/vmmouse.c
+++ b/hw/vmmouse.c
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ static void vmmouse_reset(DeviceState *d)
 {
     VMMouseState *s = container_of(d, VMMouseState, dev.qdev);
 
-    s->status = 0xffff;
     s->queue_size = VMMOUSE_QUEUE_SIZE;
 
     vmmouse_disable(s);