diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index ca88cf478d..c3cf47e57f 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -1038,6 +1038,8 @@ static int virtio_gpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size)
     uint32_t resource_id, pformat;
     int i;
 
+    g->hostmem = 0;
+
     resource_id = qemu_get_be32(f);
     while (resource_id != 0) {
         res = g_new0(struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource, 1);
@@ -1059,6 +1061,8 @@ static int virtio_gpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size)
             return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        res->hostmem = PIXMAN_FORMAT_BPP(pformat) * res->width * res->height;
+
         res->addrs = g_new(uint64_t, res->iov_cnt);
         res->iov = g_new(struct iovec, res->iov_cnt);
 
@@ -1081,6 +1085,7 @@ static int virtio_gpu_load(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size)
         }
 
         QTAILQ_INSERT_HEAD(&g->reslist, res, next);
+        g->hostmem += res->hostmem;
 
         resource_id = qemu_get_be32(f);
     }