diff --git a/hw/qxl.c b/hw/qxl.c
index 26f80d5..22714bb 100644
--- a/hw/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/qxl.c
@@ -855,9 +855,9 @@ void *qxl_phys2virt(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, QXLPHYSICAL pqxl, int group_id)
     }
 }
 
-static void qxl_create_guest_primary(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, int loadvm)
+static void qxl_create_guest_primary(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, int loadvm,
+                                     QXLDevSurfaceCreate *surface)
 {
-    QXLDevSurfaceCreate surface;
     QXLSurfaceCreate *sc = &qxl->guest_primary.surface;
 
     assert(qxl->mode != QXL_MODE_NATIVE);
@@ -866,24 +866,23 @@ static void qxl_create_guest_primary(PCIQXLDevice *qxl, int loadvm)
     dprint(qxl, 1, "%s: %dx%d\n", __FUNCTION__,
            le32_to_cpu(sc->width), le32_to_cpu(sc->height));
 
-    surface.format     = le32_to_cpu(sc->format);
-    surface.height     = le32_to_cpu(sc->height);
-    surface.mem        = le64_to_cpu(sc->mem);
-    surface.position   = le32_to_cpu(sc->position);
-    surface.stride     = le32_to_cpu(sc->stride);
-    surface.width      = le32_to_cpu(sc->width);
-    surface.type       = le32_to_cpu(sc->type);
-    surface.flags      = le32_to_cpu(sc->flags);
-
-    surface.mouse_mode = true;
-    surface.group_id   = MEMSLOT_GROUP_GUEST;
+    surface->format     = le32_to_cpu(sc->format);
+    surface->height     = le32_to_cpu(sc->height);
+    surface->mem        = le64_to_cpu(sc->mem);
+    surface->position   = le32_to_cpu(sc->position);
+    surface->stride     = le32_to_cpu(sc->stride);
+    surface->width      = le32_to_cpu(sc->width);
+    surface->type       = le32_to_cpu(sc->type);
+    surface->flags      = le32_to_cpu(sc->flags);
+
+    surface->mouse_mode = true;
+    surface->group_id   = MEMSLOT_GROUP_GUEST;
     if (loadvm) {
-        surface.flags |= QXL_SURF_FLAG_KEEP_DATA;
+        surface->flags |= QXL_SURF_FLAG_KEEP_DATA;
     }
 
     qxl->mode = QXL_MODE_NATIVE;
     qxl->cmdflags = 0;
-    qemu_spice_create_primary_surface(&qxl->ssd, 0, &surface);
 
     /* for local rendering */
     qxl_render_resize(qxl);
@@ -921,6 +920,7 @@ static void qxl_set_mode(PCIQXLDevice *d, int modenr, int loadvm)
         .mouse_mode = true,
         .mem        = devmem + d->shadow_rom.draw_area_offset,
     };
+    QXLDevSurfaceCreate s;
 
     dprint(d, 1, "%s: mode %d  [ %d x %d @ %d bpp devmem 0x%lx ]\n", __FUNCTION__,
            modenr, mode->x_res, mode->y_res, mode->bits, devmem);
@@ -933,7 +933,8 @@ static void qxl_set_mode(PCIQXLDevice *d, int modenr, int loadvm)
     qemu_spice_add_memslot(&d->ssd, &memslot);
 
     d->guest_primary.surface = surface;
-    qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 0);
+    qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 0, &s);
+    qemu_spice_create_primary_surface(&d->ssd, 0, &s);
 
     d->mode = QXL_MODE_COMPAT;
     d->cmdflags = QXL_COMMAND_FLAG_COMPAT;
@@ -1026,11 +1027,16 @@ static void ioport_write(void *opaque, uint32_t addr, uint32_t val)
         qxl_del_memslot(d, val);
         break;
     case QXL_IO_CREATE_PRIMARY:
+    {
+        QXLDevSurfaceCreate surface;
+
         PANIC_ON(val != 0);
         dprint(d, 1, "QXL_IO_CREATE_PRIMARY\n");
         d->guest_primary.surface = d->ram->create_surface;
-        qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 0);
+        qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 0, &surface);
+        qemu_spice_create_primary_surface(&d->ssd, 0, &surface);
         break;
+    }
     case QXL_IO_DESTROY_PRIMARY:
         PANIC_ON(val != 0);
         dprint(d, 1, "QXL_IO_DESTROY_PRIMARY (%s)\n", qxl_mode_to_string(d->mode));
@@ -1394,6 +1400,7 @@ static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
     uint8_t *ram_start = d->vga.vram_ptr;
     QXLCommandExt *cmds;
     QXLDevMemSlot memslot;
+    QXLDevSurfaceCreate surface;
     int in, out, i, newmode;
 
     dprint(d, 1, "%s: start\n", __FUNCTION__);
@@ -1425,7 +1432,8 @@ static int qxl_post_load(void *opaque, int version)
             qxl_add_memslot(d, i, 0, &memslot);
             qemu_spice_add_memslot(&d->ssd, &memslot);
         }
-        qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 1);
+        qxl_create_guest_primary(d, 1, &surface);
+        qemu_spice_create_primary_surface(&d->ssd, 0, &surface);
 
         /* replay surface-create and cursor-set commands */
         cmds = qemu_mallocz(sizeof(QXLCommandExt) * (NUM_SURFACES + 1));
