diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface-private.h b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface-private.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b882dfb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface-private.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* -*- mode: C; c-file-style: "gnu"; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*- */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Red Hat
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ * 02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * Written by:
+ *     Jasper St. Pierre <jstpierre@mecheye.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_PRIVATE_H
+#define META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_PRIVATE_H
+
+#include "meta-wayland-types.h"
+
+void meta_wayland_surface_commit (MetaWaylandSurface *surface);
+
+#endif /* META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_PRIVATE_H */
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
index c3987f7fa..a9aae3540 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include "meta-wayland-keyboard.h"
 #include "meta-wayland-pointer.h"
 #include "meta-wayland-data-device.h"
+#include "meta-wayland-surface-private.h"
 
 #include "meta-cursor-tracker-private.h"
 #include "display-private.h"
@@ -365,6 +366,14 @@ commit_double_buffered_state (MetaWaylandSurface             *surface,
     toplevel_surface_commit (surface, pending);
   else if (surface->subsurface.resource)
     subsurface_surface_commit (surface, pending);
+  else
+    {
+      /* Unknown surface type. In this case, it's most likely a XWayland
+       * surface that we haven't gotten the ClientMessage for yet. Make
+       * sure *not* to reset the double-buffered state or do anything too
+       * fancy. */
+      return;
+    }
 
   g_list_foreach (surface->subsurfaces,
                   parent_surface_committed,
@@ -383,7 +392,7 @@ commit_double_buffered_state (MetaWaylandSurface             *surface,
   double_buffered_state_reset (pending);
 }
 
-static void
+void
 meta_wayland_surface_commit (MetaWaylandSurface *surface)
 {
   commit_double_buffered_state (surface, &surface->pending);
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
index cb1f54ad1..b913f4927 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-xwayland.c
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "meta-xwayland.h"
 #include "meta-xwayland-private.h"
 
+#include "meta-wayland-surface-private.h"
+
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <glib-unix.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -54,6 +56,12 @@ associate_window_with_surface (MetaWindow         *window,
   window->surface = surface;
 
   meta_compositor_window_surface_changed (display->compositor, window);
+
+  /* Since the association comes in the form of a ClientMessage,
+   * we have no way to know when the surface was set up. Since
+   * commit just breaks if we don't have a window associated with
+   * it, we need to do a commit *again* here. */
+  meta_wayland_surface_commit (surface);
 }
 
 static gboolean