diff --git a/hw/display/qxl.c b/hw/display/qxl.c
index 7bb00d68f572b36f04deff86e7c3e5c4c2f6c83a..b960c82f87869df17c33a3fc09fc7d46f846ad4d 100644
--- a/hw/display/qxl.c
+++ b/hw/display/qxl.c
@@ -296,11 +296,13 @@ void qxl_spice_reset_cursor(PCIQXLDevice *qxl)
     trace_qxl_spice_reset_cursor(qxl->id);
     spice_qxl_reset_cursor(&qxl->ssd.qxl);
     qemu_mutex_lock(&qxl->track_lock);
+    qemu_mutex_lock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
     qxl->guest_cursor = 0;
     qemu_mutex_unlock(&qxl->track_lock);
     if (qxl->ssd.cursor) {
         cursor_unref(qxl->ssd.cursor);
     }
+    qemu_mutex_unlock(&qxl->ssd.lock);
     qxl->ssd.cursor = cursor_builtin_hidden();
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/spice-display.c b/ui/spice-display.c
index 6eb98a5a5cdb00f0601038c4fe22e0db35e109cf..a254d499355729e537e18312e34da5a13fa02d45 100644
--- a/ui/spice-display.c
+++ b/ui/spice-display.c
@@ -462,9 +462,7 @@ void qemu_spice_cursor_refresh_bh(void *opaque)
         QEMUCursor *c = ssd->cursor;
         assert(ssd->dcl.con);
         cursor_ref(c);
-        qemu_mutex_unlock(&ssd->lock);
         dpy_cursor_define(ssd->dcl.con, c);
-        qemu_mutex_lock(&ssd->lock);
         cursor_unref(c);
     }
 
@@ -765,7 +763,6 @@ static void display_mouse_define(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
 {
     SimpleSpiceDisplay *ssd = container_of(dcl, SimpleSpiceDisplay, dcl);
 
-    qemu_mutex_lock(&ssd->lock);
     cursor_ref(c);
     cursor_unref(ssd->cursor);
     ssd->cursor = c;
@@ -775,7 +772,6 @@ static void display_mouse_define(DisplayChangeListener *dcl,
     ssd->ptr_move = NULL;
     g_free(ssd->ptr_define);
     ssd->ptr_define = qemu_spice_create_cursor_update(ssd, c, 0);
-    qemu_mutex_unlock(&ssd->lock);
     qemu_spice_wakeup(ssd);
 }