diff --git a/hw/cirrus_vga.c b/hw/cirrus_vga.c
index 2200ae03fa..114681e7de 100644
--- a/hw/cirrus_vga.c
+++ b/hw/cirrus_vga.c
@@ -2618,8 +2618,6 @@ static CPUWriteMemoryFunc *cirrus_linear_bitblt_write[3] = {
 
 static void map_linear_vram(CirrusVGAState *s)
 {
-    vga_dirty_log_stop((VGAState *)s);
-
     if (!s->map_addr && s->lfb_addr && s->lfb_end) {
         s->map_addr = s->lfb_addr;
         s->map_end = s->lfb_end;
@@ -2631,16 +2629,11 @@ static void map_linear_vram(CirrusVGAState *s)
 
     s->lfb_vram_mapped = 0;
 
-    cpu_register_physical_memory(isa_mem_base + 0xa0000, 0x8000,
-                                (s->vram_offset + s->cirrus_bank_base[0]) | IO_MEM_UNASSIGNED);
-    cpu_register_physical_memory(isa_mem_base + 0xa8000, 0x8000,
-                                (s->vram_offset + s->cirrus_bank_base[1]) | IO_MEM_UNASSIGNED);
     if (!(s->cirrus_srcptr != s->cirrus_srcptr_end)
         && !((s->sr[0x07] & 0x01) == 0)
         && !((s->gr[0x0B] & 0x14) == 0x14)
         && !(s->gr[0x0B] & 0x02)) {
 
-        vga_dirty_log_stop((VGAState *)s);
         cpu_register_physical_memory(isa_mem_base + 0xa0000, 0x8000,
                                     (s->vram_offset + s->cirrus_bank_base[0]) | IO_MEM_RAM);
         cpu_register_physical_memory(isa_mem_base + 0xa8000, 0x8000,
@@ -2658,15 +2651,11 @@ static void map_linear_vram(CirrusVGAState *s)
 
 static void unmap_linear_vram(CirrusVGAState *s)
 {
-    vga_dirty_log_stop((VGAState *)s);
-
     if (s->map_addr && s->lfb_addr && s->lfb_end)
         s->map_addr = s->map_end = 0;
 
     cpu_register_physical_memory(isa_mem_base + 0xa0000, 0x20000,
                                  s->vga_io_memory);
-
-    vga_dirty_log_start((VGAState *)s);
 }
 
 /* Compute the memory access functions */
@@ -3313,8 +3302,6 @@ static void cirrus_pci_lfb_map(PCIDevice *d, int region_num,
 {
     CirrusVGAState *s = &((PCICirrusVGAState *)d)->cirrus_vga;
 
-    vga_dirty_log_stop((VGAState *)s);
-
     /* XXX: add byte swapping apertures */
     cpu_register_physical_memory(addr, s->vram_size,
 				 s->cirrus_linear_io_addr);
@@ -3346,14 +3333,10 @@ static void pci_cirrus_write_config(PCIDevice *d,
     PCICirrusVGAState *pvs = container_of(d, PCICirrusVGAState, dev);
     CirrusVGAState *s = &pvs->cirrus_vga;
 
-    vga_dirty_log_stop((VGAState *)s);
-
     pci_default_write_config(d, address, val, len);
     if (s->map_addr && pvs->dev.io_regions[0].addr == -1)
         s->map_addr = 0;
     cirrus_update_memory_access(s);
-
-    vga_dirty_log_start((VGAState *)s);
 }
 
 void pci_cirrus_vga_init(PCIBus *bus, int vga_ram_size)
diff --git a/hw/vga.c b/hw/vga.c
index a4831682fc..2f122eeb51 100644
--- a/hw/vga.c
+++ b/hw/vga.c
@@ -1279,8 +1279,6 @@ static void vga_draw_text(VGAState *s, int full_update)
     vga_draw_glyph8_func *vga_draw_glyph8;
     vga_draw_glyph9_func *vga_draw_glyph9;
 
-    vga_dirty_log_stop(s);
-
     /* compute font data address (in plane 2) */
     v = s->sr[3];
     offset = (((v >> 4) & 1) | ((v << 1) & 6)) * 8192 * 4 + 2;
@@ -1579,7 +1577,6 @@ static void vga_sync_dirty_bitmap(VGAState *s)
         cpu_physical_sync_dirty_bitmap(isa_mem_base + 0xa0000, 0xa8000);
         cpu_physical_sync_dirty_bitmap(isa_mem_base + 0xa8000, 0xb0000);
     }
-    vga_dirty_log_start(s);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1810,7 +1807,6 @@ static void vga_draw_blank(VGAState *s, int full_update)
         return;
     if (s->last_scr_width <= 0 || s->last_scr_height <= 0)
         return;
-    vga_dirty_log_stop(s);
 
     s->rgb_to_pixel =
         rgb_to_pixel_dup_table[get_depth_index(s->ds)];
@@ -2238,17 +2234,6 @@ void vga_dirty_log_start(VGAState *s)
     }
 }
 
-void vga_dirty_log_stop(VGAState *s)
-{
-    if (kvm_enabled() && s->map_addr)
-        kvm_log_stop(s->map_addr, s->map_end - s->map_addr);
-
-    if (kvm_enabled() && s->lfb_vram_mapped) {
-        kvm_log_stop(isa_mem_base + 0xa0000, 0x8000);
-        kvm_log_stop(isa_mem_base + 0xa8000, 0x8000);
-    }
-}
-
 static void vga_map(PCIDevice *pci_dev, int region_num,
                     uint32_t addr, uint32_t size, int type)
 {
@@ -2489,11 +2474,9 @@ static void pci_vga_write_config(PCIDevice *d,
     PCIVGAState *pvs = container_of(d, PCIVGAState, dev);
     VGAState *s = &pvs->vga_state;
 
-    vga_dirty_log_stop(s);
     pci_default_write_config(d, address, val, len);
     if (s->map_addr && pvs->dev.io_regions[0].addr == -1)
         s->map_addr = 0;
-    vga_dirty_log_start(s);
 }
 
 int pci_vga_init(PCIBus *bus, int vga_ram_size,
diff --git a/hw/vga_int.h b/hw/vga_int.h
index 5d66bd2496..1971aa6b51 100644
--- a/hw/vga_int.h
+++ b/hw/vga_int.h
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ void vga_init(VGAState *s);
 void vga_reset(void *s);
 
 void vga_dirty_log_start(VGAState *s);
-void vga_dirty_log_stop(VGAState *s);
 
 uint32_t vga_mem_readb(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr);
 void vga_mem_writeb(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val);