diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index 401b4bfd2f00..c4dd71a80c2f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ static int qxl_plane_prepare_fb(struct drm_plane *plane,
 			user_bo->shadow = old_bo->shadow;
 		} else {
 			qxl_bo_create(qdev, user_bo->gem_base.size,
-				      true, true, QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_VRAM, NULL,
+				      true, true, QXL_GEM_DOMAIN_SURFACE, NULL,
 				      &user_bo->shadow);
 		}
 	}