diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c
index 6dc8cc402..3c1ed8e93 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-legacy-xdg-shell.c
@@ -709,9 +709,6 @@ meta_wayland_zxdg_toplevel_v6_post_apply_state (MetaWaylandSurfaceRole  *surface
   if (!window)
     return;
 
-  if (!pending->newly_attached)
-    return;
-
   old_geometry = xdg_surface_priv->geometry;
 
   surface_role_class =
@@ -1016,9 +1013,6 @@ meta_wayland_zxdg_popup_v6_post_apply_state (MetaWaylandSurfaceRole  *surface_ro
     META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_ROLE_CLASS (meta_wayland_zxdg_popup_v6_parent_class);
   surface_role_class->post_apply_state (surface_role, pending);
 
-  if (!pending->newly_attached)
-    return;
-
   if (!surface->buffer_ref->buffer)
     return;
 
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-wl-shell.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-wl-shell.c
index 2388afd28..964c185b2 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-wl-shell.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-wl-shell.c
@@ -611,9 +611,6 @@ wl_shell_surface_role_apply_state (MetaWaylandSurfaceRole  *surface_role,
   if (!window)
     return;
 
-  if (!pending->newly_attached)
-    return;
-
   input_region = meta_wayland_surface_calculate_input_region (surface);
   if (!cairo_region_is_empty (input_region))
     {
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-xdg-shell.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-xdg-shell.c
index 5548e558c..c5f0d0b91 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-xdg-shell.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-xdg-shell.c
@@ -810,9 +810,6 @@ meta_wayland_xdg_toplevel_post_apply_state (MetaWaylandSurfaceRole  *surface_rol
     META_WAYLAND_SURFACE_ROLE_CLASS (meta_wayland_xdg_toplevel_parent_class);
   surface_role_class->post_apply_state (surface_role, pending);
 
-  if (!pending->newly_attached)
-    return;
-
   window_geometry = meta_wayland_xdg_surface_get_window_geometry (xdg_surface);
   geometry_changed = !meta_rectangle_equal (&old_geometry, &window_geometry);
 
@@ -1164,9 +1161,6 @@ meta_wayland_xdg_popup_post_apply_state (MetaWaylandSurfaceRole  *surface_role,
   if (!window)
     return;
 
-  if (!pending->newly_attached)
-    return;
-
   if (!surface->buffer_ref->buffer)
     return;