diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
index 0ab77b5ec8..48713aa505 100644
--- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
+++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ void smbios_get_tables(MachineState *ms,
            ep_type == SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_64);
 
     g_free(smbios_tables);
+    smbios_type4_count = 0;
     smbios_tables = g_memdup2(usr_blobs, usr_blobs_len);
     smbios_tables_len = usr_blobs_len;
     smbios_table_max = usr_table_max;