diff --git a/src/wayland/window-wayland.c b/src/wayland/window-wayland.c
index ea0674bc8..8e13cc2bd 100644
--- a/src/wayland/window-wayland.c
+++ b/src/wayland/window-wayland.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
                                           MetaMoveResizeResultFlags *result)
 {
   gboolean should_move = FALSE;
+  gboolean is_wayland_resize = FALSE;
 
   g_assert (window->frame == NULL);
 
@@ -133,7 +134,9 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
    * it can be for maximized or fullscreen.
    */
 
-  if (flags & META_IS_WAYLAND_RESIZE)
+  is_wayland_resize = (flags & META_IS_WAYLAND_RESIZE);
+
+  if (is_wayland_resize)
     {
       /* This is a call to wl_surface_commit(), ignore the constrained_rect and
        * update the real client size to match the buffer size.
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ meta_window_wayland_move_resize_internal (MetaWindow                *window,
                                              constrained_rect.width,
                                              constrained_rect.height);
     }
-  else
+  else if (!is_wayland_resize)
     {
       /* We're just moving the window, so we don't need to wait for a configure
        * and then ack to simply move the window. */