diff --git a/src/core/events.c b/src/core/events.c
index fef8616d3..ab58fd6c4 100644
--- a/src/core/events.c
+++ b/src/core/events.c
@@ -1775,7 +1775,6 @@ meta_display_handle_xevent (MetaDisplay *display,
       goto out;
     }
 
-  display->current_time = event_get_time (display, event);
   display->monitor_cache_invalidated = TRUE;
 
   if (display->focused_by_us &&
@@ -1871,7 +1870,7 @@ meta_display_handle_xevent (MetaDisplay *display,
         bypass_gtk = TRUE;
     }
 
-  display->current_time = CurrentTime;
+  display->current_time = event_get_time (display, event);
   return bypass_gtk;
 }