diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
index 70e1a8820a7c01644cc1f5016d0a878b88c9dc23..8b770a8e02cdda09caee81be15ebc27434b4b67e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.c
@@ -1278,8 +1278,6 @@ static void vmw_master_drop(struct drm_device *dev,
 	dev_priv->active_master = &dev_priv->fbdev_master;
 	ttm_lock_set_kill(&dev_priv->fbdev_master.lock, false, SIGTERM);
 	ttm_vt_unlock(&dev_priv->fbdev_master.lock);
-
-	vmw_fb_refresh(dev_priv);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1483,7 +1481,6 @@ static int vmw_pm_freeze(struct device *kdev)
 			vmw_kms_resume(dev);
 		if (dev_priv->enable_fb)
 			vmw_fb_on(dev_priv);
-		vmw_fb_refresh(dev_priv);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -1523,8 +1520,6 @@ static int vmw_pm_restore(struct device *kdev)
 	if (dev_priv->enable_fb)
 		vmw_fb_on(dev_priv);
 
-	vmw_fb_refresh(dev_priv);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
index f34f368c1a2ebc1713f35a7aab0f94c83061cbfa..5fcbe1620d50b34898815be80ec7560115c68997 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_drv.h
@@ -910,7 +910,6 @@ int vmw_fb_init(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv);
 int vmw_fb_close(struct vmw_private *dev_priv);
 int vmw_fb_off(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv);
 int vmw_fb_on(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv);
-void vmw_fb_refresh(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv);
 
 /**
  * Kernel modesetting - vmwgfx_kms.c
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
index ba0cdb743c3e50d664848c021a0f63bc72953aa2..54e300365a5ccd04b2d5d6173fbb379bde860322 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c
@@ -866,21 +866,13 @@ int vmw_fb_on(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&par->dirty.lock, flags);
 	par->dirty.active = true;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&par->dirty.lock, flags);
- 
-	return 0;
-}
 
-/**
- * vmw_fb_refresh - Refresh fb display
- *
- * @vmw_priv: Pointer to device private
- *
- * Call into kms to show the fbdev display(s).
- */
-void vmw_fb_refresh(struct vmw_private *vmw_priv)
-{
-	if (!vmw_priv->fb_info)
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * Need to reschedule a dirty update, because otherwise that's
+	 * only done in dirty_mark() if the previous coalesced
+	 * dirty region was empty.
+	 */
+	schedule_delayed_work(&par->local_work, 0);
 
-	vmw_fb_set_par(vmw_priv->fb_info);
+	return 0;
 }