diff --git a/src/core/display.c b/src/core/display.c
index 33ebc7b61..b89f43059 100644
--- a/src/core/display.c
+++ b/src/core/display.c
@@ -2127,6 +2127,19 @@ handle_window_focus_event (MetaDisplay  *display,
     }
 }
 
+static gboolean
+window_has_xwindow (MetaWindow *window,
+                    Window      xwindow)
+{
+  if (window->xwindow == xwindow)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  if (window->frame && window->frame->xwindow == xwindow)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  return FALSE;
+}
+
 /**
  * event_callback:
  * @event: The event that just happened
@@ -2182,7 +2195,7 @@ event_callback (XEvent   *event,
 
   if (event->xany.serial > display->focus_serial &&
       display->focus_window &&
-      display->focus_window->xwindow != display->server_focus_window)
+      !window_has_xwindow (display->focus_window, display->server_focus_window))
     {
       meta_topic (META_DEBUG_FOCUS, "Earlier attempt to focus %s failed\n",
                   display->focus_window->desc);