diff --git a/hw/display/ramfb.c b/hw/display/ramfb.c
index c2b002d534..477ef7272a 100644
--- a/hw/display/ramfb.c
+++ b/hw/display/ramfb.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ struct QEMU_PACKED RAMFBCfg {
     uint32_t stride;
 };
 
+typedef struct RAMFBCfg RAMFBCfg;
+
 struct RAMFBState {
     DisplaySurface *ds;
     uint32_t width, height;
@@ -116,6 +118,23 @@ void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s)
     dpy_gfx_update_full(con);
 }
 
+static int ramfb_post_load(void *opaque, int version_id)
+{
+    ramfb_fw_cfg_write(opaque, 0, 0);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+const VMStateDescription ramfb_vmstate = {
+    .name = "ramfb",
+    .version_id = 1,
+    .minimum_version_id = 1,
+    .post_load = ramfb_post_load,
+    .fields = (VMStateField[]) {
+        VMSTATE_BUFFER_UNSAFE(cfg, RAMFBState, 0, sizeof(RAMFBCfg)),
+        VMSTATE_END_OF_LIST()
+    }
+};
+
 RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp)
 {
     FWCfgState *fw_cfg = fw_cfg_find();
diff --git a/include/hw/display/ramfb.h b/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
index b33a2c467b..a7e0019144 100644
--- a/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
+++ b/include/hw/display/ramfb.h
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef RAMFB_H
 #define RAMFB_H
 
+#include "migration/vmstate.h"
+
 /* ramfb.c */
 typedef struct RAMFBState RAMFBState;
 void ramfb_display_update(QemuConsole *con, RAMFBState *s);
 RAMFBState *ramfb_setup(Error **errp);
 
+extern const VMStateDescription ramfb_vmstate;
+
 /* ramfb-standalone.c */
 #define TYPE_RAMFB_DEVICE "ramfb"