diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c
index e871be972..861270193 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c
@@ -598,11 +598,18 @@ meta_wayland_zxdg_toplevel_v6_commit (MetaWaylandSurfaceRole  *surface_role,
   MetaWaylandSurfaceRoleClass *surface_role_class;
   MetaWaylandSurface *surface =
     meta_wayland_surface_role_get_surface (surface_role);
-  MetaWindow *window = surface->window;
+  MetaWindow *window;
   MetaRectangle window_geometry;
   MetaRectangle old_geometry;
   gboolean geometry_changed;
 
+  window = surface->window;
+  if (!window)
+    {
+      meta_wayland_surface_cache_pending_frame_callbacks (surface, pending);
+      return;
+    }
+
   old_geometry = xdg_surface_priv->geometry;
 
   surface_role_class =