diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/MainWindow.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/MainWindow.cpp
index 0f4a905e06..af93b1ec96 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1816,6 +1816,11 @@ void MainWindow::createDisplayWidget(bool fullscreen, bool render_to_main, bool
 
 	if (fullscreen)
 	{
+		// Don't risk doing this on Wayland, it really doesn't like window state changes,
+		// and positioning has no effect anyway.
+		if (!s_use_central_widget)
+			restoreDisplayWindowGeometryFromConfig();
+
 		if (!is_exclusive_fullscreen)
 			container->showFullScreen();
 		else