diff --git a/hw/qxl-render.c b/hw/qxl-render.c
index c290739de02a055270d6f4d7da9d15bef1485a8d..2c51ba9806d6eaa20dfed725d2eb95ccc6a7a130 100644
--- a/hw/qxl-render.c
+++ b/hw/qxl-render.c
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ static void qxl_flip(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLRect *rect)
     int len, i;
 
     src += (qxl->guest_primary.surface.height - rect->top - 1) *
-        qxl->guest_primary.stride;
-    dst += rect->top  * qxl->guest_primary.stride;
+        qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride;
+    dst += rect->top  * qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride;
     src += rect->left * qxl->guest_primary.bytes_pp;
     dst += rect->left * qxl->guest_primary.bytes_pp;
     len  = (rect->right - rect->left) * qxl->guest_primary.bytes_pp;
 
     for (i = rect->top; i < rect->bottom; i++) {
         memcpy(dst, src, len);
-        dst += qxl->guest_primary.stride;
-        src -= qxl->guest_primary.stride;
+        dst += qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride;
+        src -= qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride;
     }
 }
 
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ void qxl_render_resize(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
 {
     QXLSurfaceCreate *sc = &qxl->guest_primary.surface;
 
-    qxl->guest_primary.stride = sc->stride;
+    qxl->guest_primary.qxl_stride = sc->stride;
+    qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride = abs(sc->stride);
     qxl->guest_primary.resized++;
     switch (sc->format) {
     case SPICE_SURFACE_FMT_16_555:
@@ -75,7 +76,14 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
     VGACommonState *vga = &qxl->vga;
     QXLRect dirty[32], update;
     void *ptr;
-    int i;
+    int i, redraw = 0;
+
+    if (!is_buffer_shared(vga->ds->surface)) {
+        dprint(qxl, 1, "%s: restoring shared displaysurface\n", __func__);
+        qxl->guest_primary.resized++;
+        qxl->guest_primary.commands++;
+        redraw = 1;
+    }
 
     if (qxl->guest_primary.resized) {
         qxl->guest_primary.resized = 0;
@@ -87,11 +95,11 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
         qemu_free_displaysurface(vga->ds);
 
         qxl->guest_primary.data = memory_region_get_ram_ptr(&qxl->vga.vram);
-        if (qxl->guest_primary.stride < 0) {
+        if (qxl->guest_primary.qxl_stride < 0) {
             /* spice surface is upside down -> need extra buffer to flip */
-            qxl->guest_primary.stride = -qxl->guest_primary.stride;
-            qxl->guest_primary.flipped = g_malloc(qxl->guest_primary.surface.width *
-                                                     qxl->guest_primary.stride);
+            qxl->guest_primary.flipped =
+                g_malloc(qxl->guest_primary.surface.width *
+                         qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride);
             ptr = qxl->guest_primary.flipped;
         } else {
             ptr = qxl->guest_primary.data;
@@ -100,7 +108,7 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
                __FUNCTION__,
                qxl->guest_primary.surface.width,
                qxl->guest_primary.surface.height,
-               qxl->guest_primary.stride,
+               qxl->guest_primary.qxl_stride,
                qxl->guest_primary.bytes_pp,
                qxl->guest_primary.bits_pp,
                qxl->guest_primary.flipped ? "yes" : "no");
@@ -108,7 +116,7 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
             qemu_create_displaysurface_from(qxl->guest_primary.surface.width,
                                             qxl->guest_primary.surface.height,
                                             qxl->guest_primary.bits_pp,
-                                            qxl->guest_primary.stride,
+                                            qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride,
                                             ptr);
         dpy_resize(vga->ds);
     }
@@ -126,6 +134,10 @@ void qxl_render_update(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
     memset(dirty, 0, sizeof(dirty));
     qxl_spice_update_area(qxl, 0, &update,
                           dirty, ARRAY_SIZE(dirty), 1, QXL_SYNC);
+    if (redraw) {
+        memset(dirty, 0, sizeof(dirty));
+        dirty[0] = update;
+    }
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dirty); i++) {
         if (qemu_spice_rect_is_empty(dirty+i)) {
diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index 12f71aa56c1fdd8e40b09df5f8f870b683840691..84ffd45c0cf614ad3bb8d94428f321f16c8e12a4 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -1663,12 +1663,25 @@ static int qxl_pre_load(void *opaque)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void qxl_create_memslots(PCIQXLDevice *d)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NUM_MEMSLOTS; i++) {
+        if (!d->guest_slots[i].active) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        dprint(d, 1, "%s: restoring guest slot %d\n", __func__, i);
+        qxl_add_memslot(d, i, 0, QXL_SYNC);
+    }
+}
+
 static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
 {
     PCIQXLDevice* d = opaque;
     uint8_t *ram_start = d->vga.vram_ptr;
     QXLCommandExt *cmds;
-    int in, out, i, newmode;
+    int in, out, newmode;
 
     dprint(d, 1, "%s: start\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
@@ -1685,19 +1698,16 @@ static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
         qxl_mode_to_string(d->mode));
     newmode = d->mode;
     d->mode = QXL_MODE_UNDEFINED;
+
     switch (newmode) {
     case QXL_MODE_UNDEFINED:
         break;
     case QXL_MODE_VGA:
+        qxl_create_memslots(d);
         qxl_enter_vga_mode(d);
         break;
     case QXL_MODE_NATIVE:
-        for (i = 0; i < NUM_MEMSLOTS; i++) {
-            if (!d->guest_slots[i].active) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            qxl_add_memslot(d, i, 0, QXL_SYNC);
-        }
+        qxl_create_memslots(d);
         qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 1, QXL_SYNC);
 
         /* replay surface-create and cursor-set commands */
@@ -1722,6 +1732,8 @@ static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
 
         break;
     case QXL_MODE_COMPAT:
+        /* note: no need to call qxl_create_memslots, qxl_set_mode
+         * creates the mem slot. */
         qxl_set_mode(d, d->shadow_rom.mode, 1);
         break;
     }
diff --git a/hw/qxl.h b/hw/qxl.h
index 37b2619e55d8996f9eeea8a048592b4e350f4d15..766aa6d68ea9644c37cce7073455645a6db063b9 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.h
+++ b/hw/qxl.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ typedef struct PCIQXLDevice {
         QXLSurfaceCreate surface;
         uint32_t       commands;
         uint32_t       resized;
-        int32_t        stride;
+        int32_t        qxl_stride;
+        uint32_t       abs_stride;
         uint32_t       bits_pp;
         uint32_t       bytes_pp;
         uint8_t        *data, *flipped;