diff --git a/gdm-restart-session-when-X-server-restart.patch b/gdm-restart-session-when-X-server-restart.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..301d098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdm-restart-session-when-X-server-restart.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Index: gdm-41.3/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c
+===================================================================
+--- gdm-41.3.orig/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c
++++ gdm-41.3/daemon/gdm-local-display-factory.c
+@@ -541,8 +541,10 @@ on_display_status_changed (GdmDisplay
+                  * ensures we get a new login screen when the user logs out,
+                  * if there isn't one.
+                  */
++                g_debug ("GdmLocalDisplayFactory: session_class = %s active_vt = %u", session_class, factory->active_vt);
+                 if (is_local &&
+-                    (g_strcmp0 (session_class, "greeter") != 0 || factory->active_vt == GDM_INITIAL_VT)) {
++                    (g_strcmp0 (session_class, "greeter") != 0 || factory->active_vt == GDM_INITIAL_VT
++                      || factory->active_vt == 0)) {
+                         /* reset num failures */
+                         factory->num_failures = 0;
+ 
+Index: gdm-41.3/daemon/gdm-manager.c
+===================================================================
+--- gdm-41.3.orig/daemon/gdm-manager.c
++++ gdm-41.3/daemon/gdm-manager.c
+@@ -1548,7 +1548,8 @@ on_display_status_changed (GdmDisplay *d
+                         }
+ #endif
+ 
+-                        g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (display), "gdm-user-session", NULL);
++                        if (getenv ("GDM_DISABLE_USER_DISPLAY_SERVER") == NULL )
++                                g_object_set_data (G_OBJECT (display), "gdm-user-session", NULL);
+ 
+                         if (display == manager->priv->automatic_login_display) {
+                                 g_clear_weak_pointer (&manager->priv->automatic_login_display);
diff --git a/gdm.changes b/gdm.changes
index 6fd90ba..2ce15b3 100644
--- a/gdm.changes
+++ b/gdm.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 16 00:53:48 UTC 2022 - Xiaoguang Wang <xiaoguang.wang@suse.com>
+
+- Add gdm-restart-session-when-X-server-restart.patch:
+  Avoiding the blank screen when X server restarts with
+  GDM_DISABLE_USER_DISPLAY_SERVER=1 (bsc#1196974).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 16 08:33:14 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/gdm.spec b/gdm.spec
index d332904..f98e777 100644
--- a/gdm.spec
+++ b/gdm.spec
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ Patch15:        gdm-disable-wayland-on-mgag200-chipsets.patch
 Patch1000:      gdm-disable-gnome-initial-setup.patch
 # PATCH-FIX-SLE gdm-add-runtime-option-to-disable-starting-X-server-as-u.patch bnc#1188912 jsc#SLE-17880 xwang@suse.com -- Add runtime option to start X under root instead of regular user.
 Patch1001:      gdm-add-runtime-option-to-disable-starting-X-server-as-u.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-SLE gdm-restart-session-when-X-server-restart.patch bsc#1196974 xwang@suse.com -- Fix blank screen when X restarts with GDM_DISABLE_USER_DISPLAY_SERVER=1.
+Patch1002:      gdm-restart-session-when-X-server-restart.patch
 BuildRequires:  check-devel
 # dconf and gnome-session-core are needed for directory ownership
 BuildRequires:  dconf
@@ -243,6 +245,7 @@ running display manager.
 %if 0%{?sle_version}
 %patch1000 -p1
 %patch1001 -p1
+%patch1002 -p1
 %endif
 
 %build