diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index b1f5d392bb..bbd5c6561a 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu/units.h"
 #include "qemu/iov.h"
+#include "sysemu/cpus.h"
 #include "ui/console.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ virtio_gpu_find_check_resource(VirtIOGPU *g, uint32_t resource_id,
 
 static void virtio_gpu_cleanup_mapping(VirtIOGPU *g,
                                        struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res);
+static void virtio_gpu_reset_bh(void *opaque);
 
 void virtio_gpu_update_cursor_data(VirtIOGPU *g,
                                    struct virtio_gpu_scanout *s,
@@ -1387,6 +1389,8 @@ void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
                                      &qdev->mem_reentrancy_guard);
     g->cursor_bh = qemu_bh_new_guarded(virtio_gpu_cursor_bh, g,
                                        &qdev->mem_reentrancy_guard);
+    g->reset_bh = qemu_bh_new(virtio_gpu_reset_bh, g);
+    qemu_cond_init(&g->reset_cond);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->reslist);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->cmdq);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->fenceq);
@@ -1398,18 +1402,42 @@ static void virtio_gpu_device_unrealize(DeviceState *qdev)
 
     g_clear_pointer(&g->ctrl_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
     g_clear_pointer(&g->cursor_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
+    g_clear_pointer(&g->reset_bh, qemu_bh_delete);
+    qemu_cond_destroy(&g->reset_cond);
     virtio_gpu_base_device_unrealize(qdev);
 }
 
+static void virtio_gpu_reset_bh(void *opaque)
+{
+    VirtIOGPU *g = VIRTIO_GPU(opaque);
+    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res, *tmp;
+    int i = 0;
+
+    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(res, &g->reslist, next, tmp) {
+        virtio_gpu_resource_destroy(g, res);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < g->parent_obj.conf.max_outputs; i++) {
+        dpy_gfx_replace_surface(g->parent_obj.scanout[i].con, NULL);
+    }
+
+    g->reset_finished = true;
+    qemu_cond_signal(&g->reset_cond);
+}
+
 void virtio_gpu_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
 {
     VirtIOGPU *g = VIRTIO_GPU(vdev);
-    struct virtio_gpu_simple_resource *res, *tmp;
     struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd;
-    int i = 0;
 
-    QTAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE(res, &g->reslist, next, tmp) {
-        virtio_gpu_resource_destroy(g, res);
+    if (qemu_in_vcpu_thread()) {
+        g->reset_finished = false;
+        qemu_bh_schedule(g->reset_bh);
+        while (!g->reset_finished) {
+            qemu_cond_wait_iothread(&g->reset_cond);
+        }
+    } else {
+        virtio_gpu_reset_bh(g);
     }
 
     while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&g->cmdq)) {
@@ -1425,10 +1453,6 @@ void virtio_gpu_reset(VirtIODevice *vdev)
         g_free(cmd);
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < g->parent_obj.conf.max_outputs; i++) {
-        dpy_gfx_replace_surface(g->parent_obj.scanout[i].con, NULL);
-    }
-
     virtio_gpu_base_reset(VIRTIO_GPU_BASE(vdev));
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index 05bee09e1a..390c4642b8 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ struct VirtIOGPU {
 
     QEMUBH *ctrl_bh;
     QEMUBH *cursor_bh;
+    QEMUBH *reset_bh;
+    QemuCond reset_cond;
+    bool reset_finished;
 
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_simple_resource) reslist;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) cmdq;