diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index 1bc2d32aa8e6caec916540694de65edb8b2118bb..96887c4aadf2ebf11f36cf6f9eb9781c0ee7df51 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -2146,6 +2146,7 @@ static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
 
     switch (newmode) {
     case QXL_MODE_UNDEFINED:
+        qxl_create_memslots(d);
         break;
     case QXL_MODE_VGA:
         qxl_create_memslots(d);