diff --git a/softmmu/vl.c b/softmmu/vl.c
index 1159a64bce..620a1f1367 100644
--- a/softmmu/vl.c
+++ b/softmmu/vl.c
@@ -3766,6 +3766,7 @@ void qemu_init(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 
     if (vmstate_dump_file) {
         /* dump and exit */
+        module_load_qom_all();
         dump_vmstate_json_to_file(vmstate_dump_file);
         exit(0);
     }