2 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/qemu-config.c b/qemu-config.c
index 12f5c27535..c9763e0b93 100644
--- a/qemu-config.c
+++ b/qemu-config.c
@@ -547,6 +547,7 @@ QemuOptsList qemu_option_rom_opts = {
 static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts = {
     .name = "machine",
     .implied_opt_name = "type",
+    .merge_lists = true,
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_machine_opts.head),
     .desc = {
         {
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 0e8425e35e..37f2f96928 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2882,12 +2882,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_enable_kvm:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_reset(olist);
                 qemu_opts_parse(olist, "accel=kvm", 0);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_machine:
                 olist = qemu_find_opts("machine");
-                qemu_opts_reset(olist);
                 opts = qemu_opts_parse(olist, optarg, 1);
                 if (!opts) {
                     fprintf(stderr, "parse error: %s\n", optarg);