diff --git a/hw/i386/vmmouse.c b/hw/i386/vmmouse.c
index df4798f502..3d66368286 100644
--- a/hw/i386/vmmouse.c
+++ b/hw/i386/vmmouse.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static void vmmouse_read_id(VMMouseState *s)
 
     s->queue[s->nb_queue++] = VMMOUSE_VERSION;
     s->status = 0;
+    vmmouse_update_handler(s, s->absolute);
 }
 
 static void vmmouse_request_relative(VMMouseState *s)