diff --git a/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kcpu.c b/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kcpu.c
index fa918273fa1..f937d4b89da 100644
--- a/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kcpu.c
+++ b/src/emu/cpu/m68000/m68kcpu.c
@@ -919,6 +919,7 @@ void m68k_pulse_reset(void)
 	m68ki_clear_trace();
 	/* Interrupt mask to level 7 */
 	FLAG_INT_MASK = 0x0700;
+	CPU_INT_LEVEL = 0;
 	/* Reset VBR */
 	REG_VBR = 0;
 	/* Go to supervisor mode */