diff -Nru spice-0.15.0/debian/changelog spice-0.15.0/debian/changelog
--- spice-0.15.0/debian/changelog	2021-12-01 16:10:53.000000000 +0000
+++ spice-0.15.0/debian/changelog	2022-03-21 08:23:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+spice (0.15.0-2ubuntu4) jammy; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/Revert-reds-start-QXL-devices-if-VM-is-running-fix-r.patch: fix race
+    on spice init (LP: #1964777)
+
+ -- Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>  Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:23:33 +0100
+
 spice (0.15.0-2ubuntu3) jammy; urgency=medium
 
   * No-change rebuild against openssl3
diff -Nru spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/Revert-reds-start-QXL-devices-if-VM-is-running-fix-r.patch spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/Revert-reds-start-QXL-devices-if-VM-is-running-fix-r.patch
--- spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/Revert-reds-start-QXL-devices-if-VM-is-running-fix-r.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/Revert-reds-start-QXL-devices-if-VM-is-running-fix-r.patch	2022-03-21 08:23:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From 252729adbdca81e0ceefe8e4fc48b8cab83bfcf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Christian Ehrhardt <christian.ehrhardt@canonical.com>
+Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:07:08 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "reds: start QXL devices if VM is running" (fix race)
+
+Due to reds->vm_running being initialized to TRUE (since c302e12c
+"spice.h: add entries for tracking vm state") the assumption in c23cbd6f
+"reds: start QXL devices if VM is running" was wrong and we can't check
+on vm_running until that initalization isn't on TRUE (it is that way for
+backward compatibility).
+
+Without this revert on qemu initializing spice we will have the
+display_init side of qemu not yet ready and therefore respond badly when
+spice sends an event as raction to `red_qxl_start`:
+   "qxl_send_events: spice-server bug: guest stopped, ignoring."
+
+At least with qemu > v2.0 as a spice consumer is not showing issues as
+`red_qxl_start` will be called just after the qemu side is ready
+`qemu_spice_display_start` -> `spice_server_vm_start`  ... `red_qxl_start`.
+
+Therefore - for now to avoid the current regression - Revert c23cbd6f
+"reds: start QXL devices if VM is running" until that old (2012)
+initialization is updated (probably an ABI change and therefore taking
+some time).
+
+Fixes: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/-/issues/64
+
+This reverts commit c23cbd6fa821fea8ac4ed97ca679afebe2333c8c.
+---
+ server/reds.cpp | 3 ---
+
+1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
+
+Forwarded: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/-/merge_requests/202
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/spice/+bug/1964777
+Bug-Upstream: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice/-/issues/64
+Last-Update: 2022-03-21
+
+diff --git a/server/reds.cpp b/server/reds.cpp
+index 11eb4cb27e..1ada47d8be 100644
+--- a/server/reds.cpp
++++ b/server/reds.cpp
+@@ -3244,9 +3244,6 @@ SPICE_GNUC_VISIBLE int spice_server_add_interface(SpiceServer *reds,
+          * be called. */
+         red_qxl_attach_worker(qxl);
+         red_qxl_set_compression_level(qxl, calc_compression_level(reds));
+-        if (reds->vm_running) {
+-            red_qxl_start(qxl);
+-        }
+     } else if (strcmp(base_interface->type, SPICE_INTERFACE_TABLET) == 0) {
+         SpiceTabletInstance *tablet = SPICE_UPCAST(SpiceTabletInstance, sin);
+         spice_debug("SPICE_INTERFACE_TABLET");
+-- 
+2.35.1
+
diff -Nru spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/series spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/series
--- spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/series	2021-11-10 13:22:14.000000000 +0000
+++ spice-0.15.0/debian/patches/series	2022-03-21 08:23:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 disable-failing-test-listen.patch
 do-not-run-nonexisting-doxygen-sh.patch
 0001-test-leaks-fix-the-test-with-OpenSSL3.patch
+Revert-reds-start-QXL-devices-if-VM-is-running-fix-r.patch