diff --git a/qt/src/EmuCanvasVulkan.cpp b/qt/src/EmuCanvasVulkan.cpp
index 8bc279cf..db44f2cf 100644
--- a/qt/src/EmuCanvasVulkan.cpp
+++ b/qt/src/EmuCanvasVulkan.cpp
@@ -94,11 +94,6 @@ void EmuCanvasVulkan::createContext()
     if (platform == "wayland")
     {
         wayland_surface = std::make_unique<WaylandSurface>();
-        if (!main_window->isVisible())
-        {
-            main_window->setVisible(true);
-            QGuiApplication::processEvents();
-        }
         auto display = (wl_display *)pni->nativeResourceForWindow("display", window);
         auto surface = (wl_surface *)pni->nativeResourceForWindow("surface", main_window->windowHandle());
         wayland_surface->attach(display, surface, { parent->x(), parent->y(), width(), height(), static_cast<int>(devicePixelRatio()) });
diff --git a/qt/src/EmuMainWindow.cpp b/qt/src/EmuMainWindow.cpp
index 76570640..11153771 100644
--- a/qt/src/EmuMainWindow.cpp
+++ b/qt/src/EmuMainWindow.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <QtEvents>
 #include <QGuiApplication>
 #include <QStackedWidget>
+#include <qguiapplication.h>
 #include <qnamespace.h>
 #include <qpa/qplatformnativeinterface.h>
 
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ void EmuMainWindow::createCanvas()
     if (QGuiApplication::platformName() == "wayland" && app->config->display_driver != "qt")
     {
         auto central_widget = new QStackedWidget();
+        setVisible(true);
+        QGuiApplication::processEvents();
 
         if (app->config->display_driver == "vulkan")
         {