diff --git a/hw/display/vga.c b/hw/display/vga.c
index 061fd9ab8f..836ad50c7b 100644
--- a/hw/display/vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/vga.c
@@ -1674,7 +1674,6 @@ static void vga_draw_graphic(VGACommonState *s, int full_update)
         if (!(s->cr[VGA_CRTC_MODE] & 2)) {
             addr = (addr & ~0x8000) | ((y1 & 2) << 14);
         }
-        update = full_update;
         page0 = addr & s->vbe_size_mask;
         page1 = (addr + bwidth - 1) & s->vbe_size_mask;
         if (full_update) {