diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index e4f172e3fba04543d314a7391f9686e1d3cb04b2..56b61c8ad8842c4565058e57ce93620061961437 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ static void qxl_reset_state(PCIQXLDevice *d)
     d->num_free_res = 0;
     d->last_release = NULL;
     memset(&d->ssd.dirty, 0, sizeof(d->ssd.dirty));
+    qxl_update_irq(d);
 }
 
 static void qxl_soft_reset(PCIQXLDevice *d)