diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c
index 544ce341d..bd0a3b1ff 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-outputs.c
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ meta_xdg_output_manager_get_xdg_output (struct wl_client   *client,
   wayland_output->xdg_output_resources =
     g_list_prepend (wayland_output->xdg_output_resources, xdg_output_resource);
 
+  if (!wayland_output->logical_monitor)
+    return;
+
   send_xdg_output_events (xdg_output_resource,
                           wayland_output,
                           wayland_output->logical_monitor,