diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index a94b24d041f16e7fdcfcc01945b5285f9396345c..9fcd7f82995c3e1a517930cb8a89a23351c55c15 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int vmw_cursor_update_image(struct vmw_private *dev_priv,
 	cmd->cursor.hotspotX = hotspotX;
 	cmd->cursor.hotspotY = hotspotY;
 
-	vmw_fifo_commit(dev_priv, cmd_size);
+	vmw_fifo_commit_flush(dev_priv, cmd_size);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c
index c22e2df1b336b16c0c1a664f95f338d355abf8f2..b1fc1c02792d4c3f89cb76a0dfb0f16f3dce2c47 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_stdu.c
@@ -717,6 +717,8 @@ static int vmw_stdu_crtc_page_flip(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 						   &event->event.tv_usec,
 						   true);
 		vmw_fence_obj_unreference(&fence);
+	} else {
+		vmw_fifo_flush(dev_priv, false);
 	}
 
 	return ret;