diff --git a/hw/vmmouse.c b/hw/vmmouse.c
index 11b125c7af..ab8dbd6ccb 100644
--- a/hw/vmmouse.c
+++ b/hw/vmmouse.c
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ static void vmmouse_reset(DeviceState *d)
     VMMouseState *s = container_of(d, VMMouseState, dev.qdev);
 
     s->status = 0xffff;
+    s->queue_size = VMMOUSE_QUEUE_SIZE;
 }
 
 static int vmmouse_initfn(ISADevice *dev)