diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c
index a2bc1d939..9ea907b3c 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-window-actor-x11.c
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ handle_updates (MetaWindowActorX11 *actor_x11)
       meta_surface_actor_x11_handle_updates (surface_x11);
     }
 
-  if (!META_IS_SURFACE_ACTOR_X11 (surface) ||
+  if (META_IS_SURFACE_ACTOR_X11 (surface) &&
       !meta_surface_actor_x11_is_visible (META_SURFACE_ACTOR_X11 (surface)))
     return;