diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-gtk-shell.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-gtk-shell.c
index 772198a7b..e050b89f9 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-gtk-shell.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-gtk-shell.c
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ gtk_shell_set_startup_id (struct wl_client   *client,
                                                         startup_id);
   if (sequence)
     {
+      meta_startup_sequence_complete (sequence);
       meta_startup_notification_remove_sequence (display->startup_notification,
                                                  sequence);
     }