diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb.c b/hw/display/ramfb.c
index bd4746dc17..9d41c2ad28 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct RAMFBState {
     DisplaySurface *ds;
     uint32_t width, height;
     struct RAMFBCfg cfg;
-    bool locked;
 };
 
 static void ramfb_unmap_display_surface(pixman_image_t *image, void *unused)
@@ -72,25 +71,18 @@ static DisplaySurface *ramfb_create_display_surface(int width, int height,
 static void ramfb_fw_cfg_write(void *dev, off_t offset, size_t len)
 {
     RAMFBState *s = dev;
-    uint32_t fourcc, format, width, height;
+    uint32_t fourcc, format;
     hwaddr stride, addr;
 
-    width     = be32_to_cpu(s->cfg.width);
-    height    = be32_to_cpu(s->cfg.height);
+    s->width  = be32_to_cpu(s->cfg.width);
+    s->height = be32_to_cpu(s->cfg.height);
     stride    = be32_to_cpu(s->cfg.stride);
     fourcc    = be32_to_cpu(s->cfg.fourcc);
     addr      = be64_to_cpu(s->cfg.addr);
     format    = qemu_drm_format_to_pixman(fourcc);
 
     fprintf(stderr, "%s: %dx%d @ 0x%" PRIx64 "\n", __func__,
-            width, height, addr);
-    if (s->locked) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s: resolution locked, change rejected\n", __func__);
-        return;
-    }
-    s->locked = true;
-    s->width = width;
-    s->height = height;
+            s->width, s->height, addr);
     s->ds = ramfb_create_display_surface(s->width, s->height,
                                          format, stride, addr);
 }
@@ -110,13 +102,6 @@ void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s)
     dpy_gfx_update_full(con);
 }
 
-static void ramfb_reset(void *opaque)
-{
-    RAMFBState *s = (RAMFBState *)opaque;
-    s->locked = false;
-    memset(&s->cfg, 0, sizeof(s->cfg));
-}
-
 RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
 {
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg = fw_cfg_find();
@@ -129,12 +114,9 @@ RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
 
     s = g_new0(RAMFBState, 1);
 
-    s->locked = false;
-
     rom_add_vga("vgabios-ramfb.bin");
     fw_cfg_add_file_callback(fw_cfg, "etc/ramfb",
                              NULL, ramfb_fw_cfg_write, s,
                              &s->cfg, sizeof(s->cfg), false);
-    qemu_register_reset(ramfb_reset, s);
     return s;
 }