diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
index 08b0823..f867714 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_cmd.c
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ out_unref:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int wait_for_io_cmd_user(struct qxl_device *qdev, uint8_t val, long port)
+static int wait_for_io_cmd_user(struct qxl_device *qdev, uint8_t val, long port, bool intr)
 {
 	int irq_num;
 	long addr = qdev->io_base + port;
@@ -285,20 +285,29 @@ static int wait_for_io_cmd_user(struct qxl_device *qdev, uint8_t val, long port)
 
 	mutex_lock(&qdev->async_io_mutex);
 	irq_num = atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd);
-
-
 	if (qdev->last_sent_io_cmd > irq_num) {
-		ret = wait_event_interruptible(qdev->io_cmd_event,
-					       atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd) > irq_num);
-		if (ret)
+		if (intr)
+			ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(qdev->io_cmd_event,
+							       atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd) > irq_num, 5*HZ);
+		else
+			ret = wait_event_timeout(qdev->io_cmd_event,
+						 atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd) > irq_num, 5*HZ);
+		/* 0 is timeout, just bail the "hw" has gone away */
+		if (ret <= 0)
 			goto out;
 		irq_num = atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd);
 	}
 	outb(val, addr);
 	qdev->last_sent_io_cmd = irq_num + 1;
-	ret = wait_event_interruptible(qdev->io_cmd_event,
-				       atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd) > irq_num);
+	if (intr)
+		ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(qdev->io_cmd_event,
+						       atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd) > irq_num, 5*HZ);
+	else
+		ret = wait_event_timeout(qdev->io_cmd_event,
+					 atomic_read(&qdev->irq_received_io_cmd) > irq_num, 5*HZ);
 out:
+	if (ret > 0)
+		ret = 0;
 	mutex_unlock(&qdev->async_io_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -308,7 +317,7 @@ static void wait_for_io_cmd(struct qxl_device *qdev, uint8_t val, long port)
 	int ret;
 
 restart:
-	ret = wait_for_io_cmd_user(qdev, val, port);
+	ret = wait_for_io_cmd_user(qdev, val, port, false);
 	if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
 		goto restart;
 }
@@ -340,7 +349,7 @@ int qxl_io_update_area(struct qxl_device *qdev, struct qxl_bo *surf,
 	mutex_lock(&qdev->update_area_mutex);
 	qdev->ram_header->update_area = *area;
 	qdev->ram_header->update_surface = surface_id;
-	ret = wait_for_io_cmd_user(qdev, 0, QXL_IO_UPDATE_AREA_ASYNC);
+	ret = wait_for_io_cmd_user(qdev, 0, QXL_IO_UPDATE_AREA_ASYNC, true);
 	mutex_unlock(&qdev->update_area_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
index fcfd443..823d29e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_display.c
@@ -428,10 +428,10 @@ static int qxl_framebuffer_surface_dirty(struct drm_framebuffer *fb,
 	int inc = 1;
 
 	qobj = gem_to_qxl_bo(qxl_fb->obj);
-	if (qxl_fb != qdev->active_user_framebuffer) {
-		DRM_INFO("%s: qxl_fb 0x%p != qdev->active_user_framebuffer 0x%p\n",
-			__func__, qxl_fb, qdev->active_user_framebuffer);
-	}
+	/* if we aren't primary surface ignore this */
+	if (!qobj->is_primary)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (!num_clips) {
 		num_clips = 1;
 		clips = &norect;
@@ -604,7 +604,6 @@ static int qxl_crtc_mode_set(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 					       mode->hdisplay,
 					       mode->vdisplay);
 	}
-	qdev->mode_set = true;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -893,7 +892,6 @@ qxl_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 {
 	struct drm_gem_object *obj;
 	struct qxl_framebuffer *qxl_fb;
-	struct qxl_device *qdev = dev->dev_private;
 	int ret;
 
 	obj = drm_gem_object_lookup(dev, file_priv, mode_cmd->handles[0]);
@@ -909,13 +907,6 @@ qxl_user_framebuffer_create(struct drm_device *dev,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (qdev->active_user_framebuffer) {
-		DRM_INFO("%s: active_user_framebuffer %p -> %p\n",
-			 __func__,
-			 qdev->active_user_framebuffer, qxl_fb);
-	}
-	qdev->active_user_framebuffer = qxl_fb;
-
 	return &qxl_fb->base;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h
index 52b582c..43d06ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_drv.h
@@ -255,12 +255,6 @@ struct qxl_device {
 	struct qxl_gem		gem;
 	struct qxl_mode_info mode_info;
 
-	/*
-	 * last created framebuffer with fb_create
-	 * only used by debugfs dumbppm
-	 */
-	struct qxl_framebuffer *active_user_framebuffer;
-
 	struct fb_info			*fbdev_info;
 	struct qxl_framebuffer	*fbdev_qfb;
 	void *ram_physical;
@@ -270,7 +264,6 @@ struct qxl_device {
 	struct qxl_ring *cursor_ring;
 
 	struct qxl_ram_header *ram_header;
-	bool mode_set;
 
 	bool primary_created;
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c
index 04b64f9..6db7370 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl_ioctl.c
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static int qxl_update_area_ioctl(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		goto out;
 
 	if (!qobj->pin_count) {
+		qxl_ttm_placement_from_domain(qobj, qobj->type);
 		ret = ttm_bo_validate(&qobj->tbo, &qobj->placement,
 				      true, false);
 		if (unlikely(ret))