diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 0506d2c1b0..6aae147324 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,9 @@ static int virtio_gpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size,
 
         dpy_gfx_replace_surface(scanout->con, scanout->ds);
         dpy_gfx_update(scanout->con, 0, 0, scanout->width, scanout->height);
-        update_cursor(g, &scanout->cursor);
+        if (scanout->cursor.resource_id) {
+            update_cursor(g, &scanout->cursor);
+        }
         res->scanout_bitmask |= (1 << i);
     }