diff --git a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c
index ebe4e52..849e138 100644
--- a/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c
+++ b/hw/kdrive/ephyr/hostx.c
@@ -673,15 +673,14 @@ hostx_screen_init (EphyrScreenInfo screen,
   if (host_screen->ximg != NULL)
     {
       /* Free up the image data if previously used
-       * i.ie called by server reset
+       * i.e., called by server reset
        */
 
       if (HostX.have_shm)
 	{
 	  XShmDetach(HostX.dpy, &host_screen->shminfo);
-	  XDestroyImage (host_screen->ximg);
+	  XDestroyImage(host_screen->ximg);
 	  shmdt(host_screen->shminfo.shmaddr);
-	  shmctl(host_screen->shminfo.shmid, IPC_RMID, 0);
 	}
       else
 	{
@@ -710,15 +709,16 @@ hostx_screen_init (EphyrScreenInfo screen,
 	  EPHYR_DBG("Can't attach SHM Segment, falling back to plain XImages");
 	  HostX.have_shm = False;
 	  XDestroyImage(host_screen->ximg);
-	  shmctl(host_screen->shminfo.shmid, IPC_RMID, 0);
 	}
       else
 	{
 	  EPHYR_DBG("SHM segment attached %p", host_screen->shminfo.shmaddr);
 	  host_screen->shminfo.readOnly = False;
 	  XShmAttach(HostX.dpy, &host_screen->shminfo);
+	  XSync(HostX.dpy, False);
 	  shm_success = True;
 	}
+      shmctl(host_screen->shminfo.shmid, IPC_RMID, 0);
     }
 
   if (!shm_success)