diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c
index 59581a4cd2..fa192946a3 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu-3d.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static void virgl_cmd_submit_3d(VirtIOGPU *g,
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "%s: size mismatch (%zd/%d)",
                       __func__, s, cs.size);
         cmd->error = VIRTIO_GPU_RESP_ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-        return;
+        goto out;
     }
 
     if (virtio_gpu_stats_enabled(g->conf)) {
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static void virgl_cmd_submit_3d(VirtIOGPU *g,
 
     virgl_renderer_submit_cmd(buf, cs.hdr.ctx_id, cs.size / 4);
 
+out:
     g_free(buf);
 }
 
@@ -382,6 +383,11 @@ void virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
 {
     VIRTIO_GPU_FILL_CMD(cmd->cmd_hdr);
 
+    cmd->waiting = g->renderer_blocked;
+    if (cmd->waiting) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     virgl_renderer_force_ctx_0();
     switch (cmd->cmd_hdr.type) {
     case VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_CTX_CREATE:
@@ -553,7 +559,8 @@ static void virtio_gpu_fence_poll(void *opaque)
     VirtIOGPU *g = opaque;
 
     virgl_renderer_poll();
-    if (g->inflight) {
+    virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(g);
+    if (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&g->cmdq) || !QTAILQ_EMPTY(&g->fenceq)) {
         timer_mod(g->fence_poll, qemu_clock_get_ms(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL) + 10);
     }
 }
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
index 3c96f8e26d..1cb4002e0e 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-gpu.c
@@ -755,6 +755,39 @@ static void virtio_gpu_handle_cursor_cb(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
     qemu_bh_schedule(g->cursor_bh);
 }
 
+void virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(VirtIOGPU *g)
+{
+    struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd;
+
+    while (!QTAILQ_EMPTY(&g->cmdq)) {
+        cmd = QTAILQ_FIRST(&g->cmdq);
+
+        /* process command */
+        VIRGL(g, virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd, virtio_gpu_simple_process_cmd,
+              g, cmd);
+        if (cmd->waiting) {
+            break;
+        }
+        QTAILQ_REMOVE(&g->cmdq, cmd, next);
+        if (virtio_gpu_stats_enabled(g->conf)) {
+            g->stats.requests++;
+        }
+
+        if (!cmd->finished) {
+            QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g->fenceq, cmd, next);
+            g->inflight++;
+            if (virtio_gpu_stats_enabled(g->conf)) {
+                if (g->stats.max_inflight < g->inflight) {
+                    g->stats.max_inflight = g->inflight;
+                }
+                fprintf(stderr, "inflight: %3d (+)\r", g->inflight);
+            }
+        } else {
+            g_free(cmd);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static void virtio_gpu_handle_ctrl(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
 {
     VirtIOGPU *g = VIRTIO_GPU(vdev);
@@ -776,26 +809,14 @@ static void virtio_gpu_handle_ctrl(VirtIODevice *vdev, VirtQueue *vq)
         cmd->vq = vq;
         cmd->error = 0;
         cmd->finished = false;
-        if (virtio_gpu_stats_enabled(g->conf)) {
-            g->stats.requests++;
-        }
-
-        VIRGL(g, virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd, virtio_gpu_simple_process_cmd,
-              g, cmd);
-        if (!cmd->finished) {
-            QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g->fenceq, cmd, next);
-            g->inflight++;
-            if (virtio_gpu_stats_enabled(g->conf)) {
-                if (g->stats.max_inflight < g->inflight) {
-                    g->stats.max_inflight = g->inflight;
-                }
-                fprintf(stderr, "inflight: %3d (+)\r", g->inflight);
-            }
-            cmd = g_new(struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command, 1);
-        }
+        cmd->waiting = false;
+        QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&g->cmdq, cmd, next);
+        cmd = g_new(struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command, 1);
     }
     g_free(cmd);
 
+    virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(g);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIRGL
     if (g->use_virgl_renderer) {
         virtio_gpu_virgl_fence_poll(g);
@@ -876,11 +897,22 @@ static int virtio_gpu_ui_info(void *opaque, uint32_t idx, QemuUIInfo *info)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static void virtio_gpu_gl_block(void *opaque, bool block)
+{
+    VirtIOGPU *g = opaque;
+
+    g->renderer_blocked = block;
+    if (!block) {
+        virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(g);
+    }
+}
+
 const GraphicHwOps virtio_gpu_ops = {
     .invalidate = virtio_gpu_invalidate_display,
     .gfx_update = virtio_gpu_update_display,
     .text_update = virtio_gpu_text_update,
     .ui_info = virtio_gpu_ui_info,
+    .gl_block = virtio_gpu_gl_block,
 };
 
 static void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
@@ -921,6 +953,7 @@ static void virtio_gpu_device_realize(DeviceState *qdev, Error **errp)
     g->ctrl_bh = qemu_bh_new(virtio_gpu_ctrl_bh, g);
     g->cursor_bh = qemu_bh_new(virtio_gpu_cursor_bh, g);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->reslist);
+    QTAILQ_INIT(&g->cmdq);
     QTAILQ_INIT(&g->fenceq);
 
     g->enabled_output_bitmask = 1;
diff --git a/hw/display/virtio-vga.c b/hw/display/virtio-vga.c
index 249dbc05aa..e58b165ae5 100644
--- a/hw/display/virtio-vga.c
+++ b/hw/display/virtio-vga.c
@@ -66,11 +66,21 @@ static int virtio_vga_ui_info(void *opaque, uint32_t idx, QemuUIInfo *info)
     return -1;
 }
 
+static void virtio_vga_gl_block(void *opaque, bool block)
+{
+    VirtIOVGA *vvga = opaque;
+
+    if (virtio_gpu_ops.gl_block) {
+        virtio_gpu_ops.gl_block(&vvga->vdev, block);
+    }
+}
+
 static const GraphicHwOps virtio_vga_ops = {
     .invalidate = virtio_vga_invalidate_display,
     .gfx_update = virtio_vga_update_display,
     .text_update = virtio_vga_text_update,
     .ui_info = virtio_vga_ui_info,
+    .gl_block = virtio_vga_gl_block,
 };
 
 /* VGA device wrapper around PCI device around virtio GPU */
diff --git a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
index 9b279d7023..13b0ab0848 100644
--- a/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/virtio/virtio-gpu.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command {
     VirtQueue *vq;
     struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_hdr cmd_hdr;
     uint32_t error;
+    bool waiting;
     bool finished;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) next;
 };
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ typedef struct VirtIOGPU {
     DeviceState *qdev;
 
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_simple_resource) reslist;
+    QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) cmdq;
     QTAILQ_HEAD(, virtio_gpu_ctrl_command) fenceq;
 
     struct virtio_gpu_scanout scanout[VIRTIO_GPU_MAX_SCANOUT];
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ typedef struct VirtIOGPU {
 
     bool use_virgl_renderer;
     bool renderer_inited;
+    bool renderer_blocked;
     QEMUTimer *fence_poll;
     QEMUTimer *print_stats;
 
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ int virtio_gpu_create_mapping_iov(struct virtio_gpu_resource_attach_backing *ab,
                                   struct virtio_gpu_ctrl_command *cmd,
                                   struct iovec **iov);
 void virtio_gpu_cleanup_mapping_iov(struct iovec *iov, uint32_t count);
+void virtio_gpu_process_cmdq(VirtIOGPU *g);
 
 /* virtio-gpu-3d.c */
 void virtio_gpu_virgl_process_cmd(VirtIOGPU *g,
diff --git a/include/ui/console.h b/include/ui/console.h
index 116bc2b2ad..c8f9f7e65e 100644
--- a/include/ui/console.h
+++ b/include/ui/console.h
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ typedef struct GraphicHwOps {
     void (*text_update)(void *opaque, console_ch_t *text);
     void (*update_interval)(void *opaque, uint64_t interval);
     int (*ui_info)(void *opaque, uint32_t head, QemuUIInfo *info);
+    void (*gl_block)(void *opaque, bool block);
 } GraphicHwOps;
 
 QemuConsole *graphic_console_init(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head,
@@ -374,6 +375,7 @@ void graphic_console_set_hwops(QemuConsole *con,
 void graphic_hw_update(QemuConsole *con);
 void graphic_hw_invalidate(QemuConsole *con);
 void graphic_hw_text_update(QemuConsole *con, console_ch_t *chardata);
+void graphic_hw_gl_block(QemuConsole *con, bool block);
 
 QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_index(unsigned int index);
 QemuConsole *qemu_console_lookup_by_device(DeviceState *dev, uint32_t head);
diff --git a/include/ui/egl-helpers.h b/include/ui/egl-helpers.h
index 5ad5dc3081..8c84398001 100644
--- a/include/ui/egl-helpers.h
+++ b/include/ui/egl-helpers.h
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ EGLSurface qemu_egl_init_surface_x11(EGLContext ectx, Window win);
 
 int qemu_egl_init_dpy(EGLNativeDisplayType dpy, bool gles, bool debug);
 EGLContext qemu_egl_init_ctx(void);
-bool qemu_egl_has_ext(const char *haystack, const char *needle);
 
 #endif /* EGL_HELPERS_H */
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index fe950c6026..791b4fcea2 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -261,6 +261,16 @@ void graphic_hw_update(QemuConsole *con)
     }
 }
 
+void graphic_hw_gl_block(QemuConsole *con, bool block)
+{
+    if (!con) {
+        con = active_console;
+    }
+    if (con && con->hw_ops->gl_block) {
+        con->hw_ops->gl_block(con->hw, block);
+    }
+}
+
 void graphic_hw_invalidate(QemuConsole *con)
 {
     if (!con) {