diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index 3bc10f4..c1ad2f4 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -714,6 +714,26 @@ void async_run_on_cpu(CPUState *cpu, void (*func)(void *data), void *data)
     qemu_cpu_kick(cpu);
 }
 
+static void qemu_kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    CPU_REMOVE(cpu);
+
+    if (kvm_destroy_vcpu(cpu) < 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "kvm_destroy_vcpu failed.\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), false, "realized", NULL);
+    qdev_free(DEVICE(cpu));
+}
+
+static void qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    CPU_REMOVE(cpu);
+    object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(cpu), false, "realized", NULL);
+    qdev_free(DEVICE(cpu));
+}
+
 static void flush_queued_work(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     struct qemu_work_item *wi;
@@ -805,6 +825,11 @@ static void *qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
             }
         }
         qemu_kvm_wait_io_event(cpu);
+        if (cpu->exit && !cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+            qemu_kvm_destroy_vcpu(cpu);
+            qemu_mutex_unlock(&qemu_global_mutex);
+            return NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     return NULL;
@@ -857,6 +882,7 @@ static void tcg_exec_all(void);
 static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
 {
     CPUState *cpu = arg;
+    CPUState *remove_cpu = NULL;
 
     qemu_tcg_init_cpu_signals();
     qemu_thread_get_self(cpu->thread);
@@ -889,6 +915,16 @@ static void *qemu_tcg_cpu_thread_fn(void *arg)
             }
         }
         qemu_tcg_wait_io_event();
+        CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+            if (cpu->exit && !cpu_can_run(cpu)) {
+                remove_cpu = cpu;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (remove_cpu) {
+            qemu_tcg_destroy_vcpu(remove_cpu);
+            remove_cpu = NULL;
+        }
     }
 
     return NULL;
@@ -1045,6 +1081,13 @@ void resume_all_vcpus(void)
     }
 }
 
+void cpu_remove(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    cpu->stop = true;
+    cpu->exit = true;
+    qemu_cpu_kick(cpu);
+}
+
 static void qemu_tcg_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     /* share a single thread for all cpus with TCG */
@@ -1219,6 +1262,9 @@ static void tcg_exec_all(void)
                 break;
             }
         } else if (cpu->stop || cpu->stopped) {
+            if (cpu->exit) {
+                next_cpu = CPU_NEXT(cpu);
+            }
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/hw/acpi/piix4.c b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
index 0e9b5bd..c2cf519 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/piix4.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/piix4.c
@@ -611,10 +611,21 @@ static const MemoryRegionOps piix4_pci_ops = {
     },
 };
 
-static void acpi_piix_eject_vcpu(int64_t cpuid)
+static void acpi_piix_eject_vcpu(PIIX4PMState *s, int64_t cpuid)
 {
-    /* TODO: eject a vcpu, release allocated vcpu and exit the vcpu pthread.  */
-    PIIX4_DPRINTF("vcpu: %" PRIu64 " need to be ejected.\n", cpuid);
+    CPUStatus *g = &s->gpe_cpu;
+    CPUState *cpu;
+
+    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+        CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);
+        int64_t id = cc->get_arch_id(cpu);
+
+        if (cpuid == id) {
+            g->old_sts[cpuid / 8] &= ~(1 << (cpuid % 8));
+            cpu_remove(cpu);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 static uint64_t cpu_status_read(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, unsigned int size)
@@ -633,7 +644,7 @@ static void cpu_status_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
     CPUStatus *cpus = &s->gpe_cpu;
     uint8_t val;
     int i;
-    int64_t cpuid = 0;
+    int64_t cpuid = -1;
 
     val = cpus->old_sts[addr] ^ data;
 
@@ -647,8 +658,8 @@ static void cpu_status_write(void *opaque, hwaddr addr, uint64_t data,
         }
     }
 
-    if (cpuid != 0) {
-        acpi_piix_eject_vcpu(cpuid);
+    if (cpuid != -1) {
+        acpi_piix_eject_vcpu(s, cpuid);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
index 0238532..eb8d32b 100644
--- a/include/qom/cpu.h
+++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ struct CPUState {
     bool created;
     bool stop;
     bool stopped;
+    bool exit;
     volatile sig_atomic_t exit_request;
     volatile sig_atomic_t tcg_exit_req;
     uint32_t interrupt_request;
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@ struct CPUState {
 QTAILQ_HEAD(CPUTailQ, CPUState);
 extern struct CPUTailQ cpus;
 #define CPU_NEXT(cpu) QTAILQ_NEXT(cpu, node)
+#define CPU_REMOVE(cpu) QTAILQ_REMOVE(&cpus, cpu, node)
 #define CPU_FOREACH(cpu) QTAILQ_FOREACH(cpu, &cpus, node)
 #define CPU_FOREACH_SAFE(cpu, next_cpu) \
     QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(cpu, &cpus, node, next_cpu)
@@ -487,6 +489,14 @@ void cpu_exit(CPUState *cpu);
 void cpu_resume(CPUState *cpu);
 
 /**
+ * qemu_remove_vcpu:
+ * @cpu: The vCPU to remove.
+ *
+ * Requests the CPU @cpu to be removed.
+ */
+void cpu_remove(CPUState *cpu);
+
+/**
  * qemu_init_vcpu:
  * @cpu: The vCPU to initialize.
  *
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm.h b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
index de74411..fd85605 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ int kvm_has_intx_set_mask(void);
 
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 int kvm_cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu);
+int kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu);
 
 #ifdef NEED_CPU_H
 
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 52df2a4..dbe56d7 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -225,6 +225,31 @@ static void kvm_reset_vcpu(void *opaque)
     kvm_arch_reset_vcpu(cpu);
 }
 
+int kvm_destroy_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
+{
+    KVMState *s = kvm_state;
+    long mmap_size;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    DPRINTF("kvm_destroy_vcpu\n");
+
+    mmap_size = kvm_ioctl(s, KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE, 0);
+    if (mmap_size < 0) {
+        ret = mmap_size;
+        DPRINTF("KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE failed\n");
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    ret = munmap(cpu->kvm_run, mmap_size);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        goto err;
+    }
+
+    close(cpu->kvm_fd);
+err:
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     KVMState *s = kvm_state;
