diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
index 1dade0577..bb6251233 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.c
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ commit_pending_state (MetaWaylandSurface      *surface,
   if (!cairo_region_is_empty (pending->damage))
     surface_process_damage (surface, pending->damage);
 
+  surface->offset_x += pending->dx;
+  surface->offset_y += pending->dy;
+
   if (pending->opaque_region)
     {
       pending->opaque_region = scale_region (pending->opaque_region, surface->scale);
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
index 6a0c4ca05..30940a4ba 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-surface.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ struct _MetaWaylandSurface
     GSList *pending_placement_ops;
   } sub;
 
+  int32_t offset_x, offset_y;
+
   gboolean has_set_geometry;
 
   /* All the pending state that wl_surface.commit will apply. */