diff --git a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
index 66b04f6fb..ec08884e3 100644
--- a/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/device_manager.rs
@@ -941,6 +941,9 @@ pub struct DeviceManager {
 
     // Flag to force setting the iommu on virtio devices
     force_iommu: bool,
+
+    // Helps identify if the VM is currently being restored
+    restoring: bool,
 }
 
 impl DeviceManager {
@@ -955,6 +958,7 @@ impl DeviceManager {
         #[cfg(feature = "acpi")] numa_nodes: NumaNodes,
         activate_evt: &EventFd,
         force_iommu: bool,
+        restoring: bool,
     ) -> DeviceManagerResult<Arc<Mutex<Self>>> {
         let device_tree = Arc::new(Mutex::new(DeviceTree::new()));
 
@@ -1028,6 +1032,7 @@ impl DeviceManager {
             #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
             gpio_device: None,
             force_iommu,
+            restoring,
         };
 
         let device_manager = Arc::new(Mutex::new(device_manager));
@@ -3637,6 +3642,10 @@ impl DeviceManager {
             }
         }
 
+        // The devices have been fully restored, we can now update the
+        // restoring state of the DeviceManager.
+        self.restoring = false;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/vmm/src/vm.rs b/vmm/src/vm.rs
index 55b300777..6f528373d 100644
--- a/vmm/src/vm.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/vm.rs
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ impl Vm {
             hypervisor::ClockData,
         >,
         activate_evt: EventFd,
+        restoring: bool,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
         config
             .lock()
@@ -571,6 +572,7 @@ impl Vm {
             numa_nodes.clone(),
             &activate_evt,
             force_iommu,
+            restoring,
         )
         .map_err(Error::DeviceManager)?;
 
@@ -796,6 +798,7 @@ impl Vm {
             #[cfg(all(feature = "kvm", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
             None,
             activate_evt,
+            false,
         )?;
 
         // The device manager must create the devices from here as it is part
@@ -865,6 +868,7 @@ impl Vm {
             #[cfg(all(feature = "kvm", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
             vm_snapshot.clock,
             activate_evt,
+            true,
         )
     }
 
@@ -907,6 +911,7 @@ impl Vm {
             #[cfg(all(feature = "kvm", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
             None,
             activate_evt,
+            true,
         )
     }