diff --git a/ui/vnc-jobs.c b/ui/vnc-jobs.c
index 22c9abce55..2e6c15faa2 100644
--- a/ui/vnc-jobs.c
+++ b/ui/vnc-jobs.c
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ static int vnc_worker_thread_loop(VncJobQueue *queue)
     int n_rectangles;
     int saved_offset;
 
+    buffer_init(&vs.output, "vnc-worker-output");
+
     vnc_lock_queue(queue);
     while (QTAILQ_EMPTY(&queue->jobs) && !queue->exit) {
         qemu_cond_wait(&queue->cond, &queue->mutex);
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ static VncJobQueue *vnc_queue_init(void)
 
     qemu_cond_init(&queue->cond);
     qemu_mutex_init(&queue->mutex);
+    buffer_init(&queue->buffer, "vnc-job-queue");
     QTAILQ_INIT(&queue->jobs);
     return queue;
 }
diff --git a/ui/vnc.c b/ui/vnc.c
index a47f2b382c..cdafd09d90 100644
--- a/ui/vnc.c
+++ b/ui/vnc.c
@@ -2988,6 +2988,26 @@ static void vnc_connect(VncDisplay *vd, int csock,
     vs->csock = csock;
     vs->vd = vd;
 
+    buffer_init(&vs->input,          "vnc-input/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->output,         "vnc-output/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->ws_input,       "vnc-ws_input/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->ws_output,      "vnc-ws_output/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->jobs_buffer,    "vnc-jobs_buffer/%d", csock);
+
+    buffer_init(&vs->tight.tight,    "vnc-tight/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->tight.zlib,     "vnc-tight-zlib/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->tight.gradient, "vnc-tight-gradient/%d", csock);
+#ifdef CONFIG_VNC_JPEG
+    buffer_init(&vs->tight.jpeg,     "vnc-tight-jpeg/%d", csock);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_VNC_PNG
+    buffer_init(&vs->tight.png,      "vnc-tight-png/%d", csock);
+#endif
+    buffer_init(&vs->zlib.zlib,      "vnc-zlib/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->zrle.zrle,      "vnc-zrle/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->zrle.fb,        "vnc-zrle-fb/%d", csock);
+    buffer_init(&vs->zrle.zlib,      "vnc-zrle-zlib/%d", csock);
+
     if (skipauth) {
 	vs->auth = VNC_AUTH_NONE;
 	vs->subauth = VNC_AUTH_INVALID;