diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
index 9532258a0848..00c4ff684130 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_kms.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static bool vmw_du_cursor_plane_has_changed(struct vmw_plane_state *old_vps,
 	new_image = vmw_du_cursor_plane_acquire_image(new_vps);
 
 	changed = false;
-	if (old_image && new_image)
+	if (old_image && new_image && old_image != new_image)
 		changed = memcmp(old_image, new_image, size) != 0;
 
 	return changed;