diff --git a/hw/vmware_vga.c b/hw/vmware_vga.c
index c473c3f..5ceebf1 100644
--- a/hw/vmware_vga.c
+++ b/hw/vmware_vga.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@
     s->width = -1;
     s->height = -1;
     s->svgaid = SVGA_ID;
-    s->depth = ds_get_bits_per_pixel(s->vga.ds);
+    s->depth = 24;
     s->bypp = (s->depth + 7) >> 3;
     s->cursor.on = 0;
     s->redraw_fifo_first = 0;
@@ -1126,6 +1126,8 @@
     s->scratch_size = SVGA_SCRATCH_SIZE;
     s->scratch = (uint32_t *) qemu_malloc(s->scratch_size * 4);
 
+    vmsvga_reset(s);
+
 #ifdef EMBED_STDVGA
     vga_common_init((VGAState *) s, vga_ram_size);
     vga_init((VGAState *) s);
@@ -1140,8 +1142,6 @@
                                      vmsvga_screen_dump,
                                      vmsvga_text_update, &s->vga);
 
-    vmsvga_reset(s);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOCHS_VBE
     /* XXX: use optimized standard vga accesses */
     cpu_register_physical_memory(VBE_DISPI_LFB_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS,