diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index 356bfdc1c1..2b42151c63 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ void qemu_system_guest_panicked(GuestPanicInformation *info);
 void qemu_add_exit_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 void qemu_remove_exit_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 
+extern bool machine_init_done;
+
 void qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 void qemu_remove_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify);
 
diff --git a/stubs/machine-init-done.c b/stubs/machine-init-done.c
index 9a0d62514f..4121f1709b 100644
--- a/stubs/machine-init-done.c
+++ b/stubs/machine-init-done.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 
+bool machine_init_done = true;
+
 void qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify)
 {
 }
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 3ef04ce991..26662eb9e7 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2696,7 +2696,7 @@ static void qemu_run_exit_notifiers(void)
     notifier_list_notify(&exit_notifiers, NULL);
 }
 
-static bool machine_init_done;
+bool machine_init_done;
 
 void qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify)
 {
@@ -2713,8 +2713,8 @@ void qemu_remove_machine_init_done_notifier(Notifier *notify)
 
 static void qemu_run_machine_init_done_notifiers(void)
 {
-    notifier_list_notify(&machine_init_done_notifiers, NULL);
     machine_init_done = true;
+    notifier_list_notify(&machine_init_done_notifiers, NULL);
 }
 
 static const QEMUOption *lookup_opt(int argc, char **argv,