diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-mutter.h b/clutter/clutter/clutter-mutter.h
index b383ff518..04efa5d86 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-mutter.h
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-mutter.h
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 #include "clutter-stage-view-private.h"
 #include "clutter.h"
 
+/* An epsilon larger than FLT_EPSILON that is useful when comparing coordinates
+ * while ignoring floating point precision loss that might happen during
+ * various matrix calculations. */
+#define CLUTTER_COORDINATE_EPSILON (1.0 / 256.0)
+
 typedef struct _ClutterMainContext ClutterContext;
 
 typedef ClutterBackend * (* ClutterBackendConstructor) (gpointer user_data);
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-compositor-view-native.c b/src/compositor/meta-compositor-view-native.c
index 932d43a3b..4c7e7f7a8 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-compositor-view-native.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-compositor-view-native.c
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ find_scanout_candidate (MetaCompositorView  *compositor_view,
   CoglFramebuffer *framebuffer;
   MetaWindowActor *window_actor;
   MetaWindow *window;
+  MetaRectangle view_rect;
+  ClutterActorBox actor_box;
   MetaSurfaceActor *surface_actor;
   MetaSurfaceActorWayland *surface_actor_wayland;
   MetaWaylandSurface *surface;
@@ -126,6 +128,21 @@ find_scanout_candidate (MetaCompositorView  *compositor_view,
   if (meta_surface_actor_is_obscured (surface_actor))
     return FALSE;
 
+  if (!clutter_actor_get_paint_box (CLUTTER_ACTOR (surface_actor),
+                                    &actor_box))
+    return FALSE;
+
+  clutter_stage_view_get_layout (stage_view, &view_rect);
+  if (!G_APPROX_VALUE (actor_box.x1, view_rect.x,
+                       CLUTTER_COORDINATE_EPSILON) ||
+      !G_APPROX_VALUE (actor_box.y1, view_rect.y,
+                       CLUTTER_COORDINATE_EPSILON) ||
+      !G_APPROX_VALUE (actor_box.x2, view_rect.x + view_rect.width,
+                       CLUTTER_COORDINATE_EPSILON) ||
+      !G_APPROX_VALUE (actor_box.y2, view_rect.y + view_rect.height,
+                       CLUTTER_COORDINATE_EPSILON))
+    return FALSE;
+
   surface_actor_wayland = META_SURFACE_ACTOR_WAYLAND (surface_actor);
   surface = meta_surface_actor_wayland_get_surface (surface_actor_wayland);
   if (!surface)