diff --git a/hw/display/vga.c b/hw/display/vga.c
index 3991b88aac..b2516c8d21 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga.c
@@ -1465,7 +1465,8 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
     DisplaySurface *surface = qemu_console_surface(s->con);
     int y1, y, update, linesize, y_start, double_scan, mask, depth;
     int width, height, shift_control, line_offset, bwidth, bits;
-    ram_addr_t page0, page1, page_min, page_max;
+    ram_addr_t page0, page1;
+    DirtyBitmapSnapshot *snap = NULL;
     int disp_width, multi_scan, multi_run;
     uint8_t *d;
     uint32_t v, addr1, addr;
@@ -1480,9 +1481,6 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
 
     full_update |= update_basic_params(s);
 
-    if (!full_update)
-        vga_sync_dirty_bitmap(s);
-
     s->get_resolution(s, &width, &height);
     disp_width = width;
 
@@ -1625,11 +1623,17 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
     addr1 = (s->start_addr * 4);
     bwidth = (width * bits + 7) / 8;
     y_start = -1;
-    page_min = -1;
-    page_max = 0;
     d = surface_data(surface);
     linesize = surface_stride(surface);
     y1 = 0;
+
+    if (!full_update) {
+        vga_sync_dirty_bitmap(s);
+        snap = memory_region_snapshot_and_clear_dirty(&s->vram, addr1,
+                                                      bwidth * height,
+                                                      DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA);
+    }
+
     for(y = 0; y < height; y++) {
         addr = addr1;
         if (!(s->cr[VGA_CRTC_MODE] & 1)) {
@@ -1644,17 +1648,17 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
         update = full_update;
         page0 = addr;
         page1 = addr + bwidth - 1;
-        update |= memory_region_get_dirty(&s->vram, page0, page1 - page0,
-                                          DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA);
+        if (full_update) {
+            update = 1;
+        } else {
+            update = memory_region_snapshot_get_dirty(&s->vram, snap,
+                                                      page0, page1 - page0);
+        }
         /* explicit invalidation for the hardware cursor (cirrus only) */
         update |= vga_scanline_invalidated(s, y);
         if (update) {
             if (y_start < 0)
                 y_start = y;
-            if (page0 < page_min)
-                page_min = page0;
-            if (page1 > page_max)
-                page_max = page1;
             if (!(is_buffer_shared(surface))) {
                 vga_draw_line(s, d, s->vram_ptr + addr, width);
                 if (s->cursor_draw_line)
@@ -1687,13 +1691,7 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
         dpy_gfx_update(s->con, 0, y_start,
                        disp_width, y - y_start);
     }
-    /* reset modified pages */
-    if (page_max >= page_min) {
-        memory_region_reset_dirty(&s->vram,
-                                  page_min,
-                                  page_max - page_min,
-                                  DIRTY_MEMORY_VGA);
-    }
+    g_free(snap);
     memset(s->invalidated_y_table, 0, sizeof(s->invalidated_y_table));
 }