diff --git a/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c b/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c
index 626d87c1539b..77d7037d1476 100644
--- a/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c
+++ b/sound/core/seq/seq_virmidi.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int snd_virmidi_dev_receive_event(struct snd_virmidi_dev *rdev,
 			if ((ev->flags & SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_LENGTH_MASK) != SNDRV_SEQ_EVENT_LENGTH_VARIABLE)
 				continue;
 			snd_seq_dump_var_event(ev, (snd_seq_dump_func_t)snd_rawmidi_receive, vmidi->substream);
+			snd_midi_event_reset_decode(vmidi->parser);
 		} else {
 			len = snd_midi_event_decode(vmidi->parser, msg, sizeof(msg), ev);
 			if (len > 0)