diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
index de706d7ad2..d61e48c3a5 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void libxl_init_build_info(libxl_domain_build_info *b_info, libxl_domain_create_
 {
     memset(b_info, '\0', sizeof(*b_info));
     b_info->max_vcpus = 1;
+    b_info->cur_vcpus = 1;
     b_info->max_memkb = 32 * 1024;
     b_info->target_memkb = b_info->max_memkb;
     b_info->disable_migrate = 0;