diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 65a3653898..46cc86690c 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ static void interface_set_compression_level(QXLInstance *sin, int level)
     qxl_rom_set_dirty(qxl);
 }
 
+#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
 static void interface_set_mm_time(QXLInstance *sin, uint32_t mm_time)
 {
     PCIQXLDevice *qxl = container_of(sin, PCIQXLDevice, ssd.qxl);
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ static void interface_set_mm_time(QXLInstance *sin, uint32_t mm_time)
     qxl->rom->mm_clock = cpu_to_le32(mm_time);
     qxl_rom_set_dirty(qxl);
 }
+#endif
 
 static void interface_get_init_info(QXLInstance *sin, QXLDevInitInfo *info)
 {
@@ -1069,7 +1071,9 @@ static const QXLInterface qxl_interface = {
 
     .attache_worker          = interface_attach_worker,
     .set_compression_level   = interface_set_compression_level,
+#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
     .set_mm_time             = interface_set_mm_time,
+#endif
     .get_init_info           = interface_get_init_info,
 
     /* the callbacks below are called from spice server thread context */
diff --git a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
index 57ac91b921..edad5e7bbf 100644
--- a/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
+++ b/include/ui/qemu-spice.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ int qemu_spice_set_pw_expire(time_t expires);
 int qemu_spice_migrate_info(const char *hostname, int port, int tls_port,
                             const char *subject);
 
+#define SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME                                       \
+  (!defined(SPICE_SERVER_VERSION) || (SPICE_SERVER_VERSION < 0xc06))
+
 #if SPICE_SERVER_VERSION >= 0x000c02
 void qemu_spice_register_ports(void);
 #else
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.c b/ui/spice-display.c
index 34095fbc8c..8644a73d5d 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.c
+++ b/ui/spice-display.c
@@ -527,11 +527,13 @@ static void interface_set_compression_level(QXLInstance *sin, int level)
     /* nothing to do */
 }
 
+#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
 static void interface_set_mm_time(QXLInstance *sin, uint32_t mm_time)
 {
     dprint(3, "%s/%d:\n", __func__, sin->id);
     /* nothing to do */
 }
+#endif
 
 static void interface_get_init_info(QXLInstance *sin, QXLDevInitInfo *info)
 {
@@ -718,7 +720,9 @@ static const QXLInterface dpy_interface = {
 
     .attache_worker          = interface_attach_worker,
     .set_compression_level   = interface_set_compression_level,
+#if SPICE_NEEDS_SET_MM_TIME
     .set_mm_time             = interface_set_mm_time,
+#endif
     .get_init_info           = interface_get_init_info,
 
     /* the callbacks below are called from spice server thread context */