diff --git a/hw/dmx/dmxextension.c b/hw/dmx/dmxextension.c
index eb2c346ee..2f2bceb0f 100644
--- a/hw/dmx/dmxextension.c
+++ b/hw/dmx/dmxextension.c
@@ -2113,6 +2113,15 @@ dmxDisableScreen (int idx)
     /* Screen is now disabled */
     dmxScreen->beDisplay = NULL;
 
+    /* Make sure we don't have any pending sync replies */
+    if (!dmxScreen->broken)
+    {
+	static xcb_generic_error_t detached_error = { 0, DMX_DETACHED };
+
+	dmxScreenReplyCheckSync (pScreen, 0, (xcb_generic_reply_t *)
+				 &detached_error);
+    }
+
 #ifdef RANDR
     RRGetInfo (screenInfo.screens[0]);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/dmx/dmxinit.c b/hw/dmx/dmxinit.c
index c740dd9c4..478d63ff0 100644
--- a/hw/dmx/dmxinit.c
+++ b/hw/dmx/dmxinit.c
@@ -353,9 +353,6 @@ void dmxCloseDisplay(DMXScreenInfo *dmxScreen)
 {
     RemoveEnabledDevice (dmxScreen->fd);
 
-    /* make sure all pending sync replies are processed */
-    dmxSync (dmxScreen, TRUE);
-
     if (dmxScreen->atomTable)
 	xfree (dmxScreen->atomTable);
     if (dmxScreen->beAtomTable)