diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index f8a675eb30..2b73ae585b 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ void virtio_gpu_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
             qemu_cond_wait_bql(&g->reset_cond);
         }
     } else {
-        virtio_gpu_reset_bh(g);
+        aio_bh_call(g->reset_bh);
     }
 
     while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&g->cmdq)) {