diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index f643667205..0bbf0e8c16 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -1545,6 +1545,10 @@ static void display_refresh(struct DisplayState *ds)
 {
     if (qxl0->mode == QXL_MODE_VGA) {
         qemu_spice_display_refresh(&qxl0->ssd);
+    } else {
+        qemu_mutex_lock(&qxl0->ssd.lock);
+        qemu_spice_cursor_refresh_unlocked(&qxl0->ssd);
+        qemu_mutex_unlock(&qxl0->ssd.lock);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.c b/ui/spice-display.c
index 6c302a3909..c6e61d84ea 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.c
+++ b/ui/spice-display.c
@@ -317,16 +317,8 @@ void qemu_spice_display_resize(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
     ssd->notify++;
 }
 
-void qemu_spice_display_refresh(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
+void qemu_spice_cursor_refresh_unlocked(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
 {
-    dprint(3, "%s:\n", __FUNCTION__);
-    vga_hw_update();
-
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&ssd->lock);
-    if (ssd->update == NULL) {
-        ssd->update = qemu_spice_create_update(ssd);
-        ssd->notify++;
-    }
     if (ssd->cursor) {
         ssd->ds->cursor_define(ssd->cursor);
         cursor_put(ssd->cursor);
@@ -337,6 +329,19 @@ void qemu_spice_display_refresh(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
         ssd->mouse_x = -1;
         ssd->mouse_y = -1;
     }
+}
+
+void qemu_spice_display_refresh(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd)
+{
+    dprint(3, "%s:\n", __func__);
+    vga_hw_update();
+
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&ssd->lock);
+    if (ssd->update == NULL) {
+        ssd->update = qemu_spice_create_update(ssd);
+        ssd->notify++;
+    }
+    qemu_spice_cursor_refresh_unlocked(ssd);
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&ssd->lock);
 
     if (ssd->notify) {
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.h b/ui/spice-display.h
index 5e52df99be..a23bfc8502 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.h
+++ b/ui/spice-display.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ void qemu_spice_display_update(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd,
                                int x, int y, int w, int h);
 void qemu_spice_display_resize(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd);
 void qemu_spice_display_refresh(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd);
+void qemu_spice_cursor_refresh_unlocked(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd);
 
 void qemu_spice_add_memslot(SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd, QXLDevMemSlot *memslot,
                             qxl_async_io async);