diff --git a/hw/display/framebuffer.c b/hw/display/framebuffer.c
index 4546e42654..2cabced208 100644
--- a/hw/display/framebuffer.c
+++ b/hw/display/framebuffer.c
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ void framebuffer_update_display(
     assert(mem_section.offset_within_address_space == base);
 
     memory_region_sync_dirty_bitmap(mem);
+    if (!memory_region_is_logging(mem, DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA)) {
+        invalidate = true;
+    }
+
     src_base = cpu_physical_memory_map(base, &src_len, 0);
     /* If we can't map the framebuffer then bail.  We could try harder,
        but it's not really worth it as dirty flag tracking will probably