diff --git a/hw/qxl-render.c b/hw/qxl-render.c
index 88e63f8085..455fb91269 100644
--- a/hw/qxl-render.c
+++ b/hw/qxl-render.c
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ static void qxl_render_update_area_unlocked(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
                  qxl->guest_primary.surface.height,
                  qxl->guest_primary.bits_pp,
                  qxl->guest_primary.abs_stride,
-                 qxl->guest_primary.data);
+                 qxl->guest_primary.data,
+                 false);
         } else {
             qemu_resize_displaysurface(vga->ds,
                     qxl->guest_primary.surface.width,
diff --git a/hw/vga.c b/hw/vga.c
index e2ba7f208c..1caf23d7b6 100644
--- a/hw/vga.c
+++ b/hw/vga.c
@@ -1643,6 +1643,11 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
     uint8_t *d;
     uint32_t v, addr1, addr;
     vga_draw_line_func *vga_draw_line;
+#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) == defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+    static const bool byteswap = false;
+#else
+    static const bool byteswap = true;
+#endif
 
     full_update |= update_basic_params(s);
 
@@ -1685,18 +1690,11 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
         disp_width != s->last_width ||
         height != s->last_height ||
         s->last_depth != depth) {
-#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) == defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
-        if (depth == 16 || depth == 32) {
-#else
-        if (depth == 32) {
-#endif
+        if (depth == 32 || (depth == 16 && !byteswap)) {
             qemu_free_displaysurface(s->ds);
             s->ds->surface = qemu_create_displaysurface_from(disp_width, height, depth,
                     s->line_offset,
-                    s->vram_ptr + (s->start_addr * 4));
-#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) != defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
-            s->ds->surface->pf = qemu_different_endianness_pixelformat(depth);
-#endif
+                    s->vram_ptr + (s->start_addr * 4), byteswap);
             dpy_gfx_resize(s->ds);
         } else {
             qemu_console_resize(s->ds, disp_width, height);
@@ -1715,7 +1713,7 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
         s->ds->surface = qemu_create_displaysurface_from(disp_width,
                 height, depth,
                 s->line_offset,
-                s->vram_ptr + (s->start_addr * 4));
+                s->vram_ptr + (s->start_addr * 4), byteswap);
         dpy_gfx_setdata(s->ds);
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/vmware_vga.c b/hw/vmware_vga.c
index cd15ee40a8..8fc201bfb9 100644
--- a/hw/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/vmware_vga.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static void vmsvga_screen_dump(void *opaque, const char *filename, bool cswitch,
                                  ds_get_height(s->vga.ds),
                                  32,
                                  ds_get_linesize(s->vga.ds),
-                                 s->vga.vram_ptr);
+                                 s->vga.vram_ptr, false);
         ppm_save(filename, ds, errp);
         g_free(ds);
     }
diff --git a/hw/xenfb.c b/hw/xenfb.c
index 903efd3073..7f1f6b4643 100644
--- a/hw/xenfb.c
+++ b/hw/xenfb.c
@@ -756,7 +756,8 @@ static void xenfb_update(void *opaque)
             qemu_free_displaysurface(xenfb->c.ds);
             xenfb->c.ds->surface = qemu_create_displaysurface_from
                 (xenfb->width, xenfb->height, xenfb->depth,
-                 xenfb->row_stride, xenfb->pixels + xenfb->offset);
+                 xenfb->row_stride, xenfb->pixels + xenfb->offset,
+                 false);
             break;
         default:
             /* we must convert stuff */
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index fc23baa06b..18012f1dc1 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ struct DisplayState {
 void register_displaystate(DisplayState *ds);
 DisplayState *get_displaystate(void);
 DisplaySurface* qemu_create_displaysurface_from(int width, int height, int bpp,
-                                                int linesize, uint8_t *data);
+                                                int linesize, uint8_t *data,
+                                                bool byteswap);
 PixelFormat qemu_different_endianness_pixelformat(int bpp);
 PixelFormat qemu_default_pixelformat(int bpp);
 
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index 0a68836d50..25e06a5cb3 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -1339,11 +1339,16 @@ DisplaySurface *qemu_resize_displaysurface(DisplayState *ds,
 }
 
 DisplaySurface *qemu_create_displaysurface_from(int width, int height, int bpp,
-                                                int linesize, uint8_t *data)
+                                                int linesize, uint8_t *data,
+                                                bool byteswap)
 {
     DisplaySurface *surface = g_new0(DisplaySurface, 1);
 
-    surface->pf = qemu_default_pixelformat(bpp);
+    if (byteswap) {
+        surface->pf = qemu_different_endianness_pixelformat(bpp);
+    } else {
+        surface->pf = qemu_default_pixelformat(bpp);
+    }
 
     surface->format = qemu_pixman_get_format(&surface->pf);
     assert(surface->format != 0);