irq->config = VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL;
                }
 
-               /*
-                * GICv3 can only be created via the KVM_DEVICE_CREATE API and
-                * so we always know the emulation type at this point as it's
-                * either explicitly configured as GICv3, or explicitly
-                * configured as GICv2, or not configured yet which also
-                * implies GICv2.
-                */
                if (dist->vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
                        irq->group = 1;
                else
 {
        struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic;
        struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
-       int ret = 0, i;
+       int ret = 0, i, idx;
 
        if (vgic_initialized(kvm))
                return 0;
        if (ret)
                goto out;
 
+       /* Initialize groups on CPUs created before the VGIC type was known */
+       kvm_for_each_vcpu(idx, vcpu, kvm) {
+               struct vgic_cpu *vgic_cpu = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu;
+
+               for (i = 0; i < VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS; i++) {
+                       struct vgic_irq *irq = &vgic_cpu->private_irqs[i];
+                       if (dist->vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
+                               irq->group = 1;
+                       else
+                               irq->group = 0;
+               }
+       }
+
        if (vgic_has_its(kvm)) {
                ret = vgic_v4_init(kvm);
                if (ret)