diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-input.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-input.c
index 16e715567..0735d43c7 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-input.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-input.c
@@ -969,6 +969,10 @@ InitInput(int argc, char *argv[])
     xwl_screen->input_registry = wl_display_get_registry(xwl_screen->display);
     wl_registry_add_listener(xwl_screen->input_registry, &input_listener,
                              xwl_screen);
+
+    wl_display_roundtrip(xwl_screen->display);
+    while (xwl_screen->expecting_event)
+        wl_display_roundtrip(xwl_screen->display);
 }
 
 void