diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c
index 8751de918..5af0d6748 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ xwl_window_buffer_maybe_dispose(struct xwl_window_buffer *xwl_window_buffer)
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-static void
+void
 xwl_window_buffer_add_damage_region(struct xwl_window *xwl_window)
 {
     RegionPtr region = xwl_window_get_damage_region(xwl_window);
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h
index a2ff5fdb1..200c47767 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window-buffers.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 #include "xwayland-types.h"
 
+void xwl_window_buffer_add_damage_region(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
 void xwl_window_buffers_init(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
 void xwl_window_buffers_dispose(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
 void xwl_window_recycle_pixmap(struct xwl_window *xwl_window);
diff --git a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window.c b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window.c
index da614f57f..ea2a986ae 100644
--- a/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window.c
+++ b/hw/xwayland/xwayland-window.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ damage_report(DamagePtr pDamage, RegionPtr pRegion, void *data)
         /* This damage is from a Present flip, which already committed a new
          * buffer for the surface, so we don't need to do anything in response
          */
+        xwl_window_buffer_add_damage_region(xwl_window);
         RegionEmpty(DamageRegion(pDamage));
         xorg_list_del(&xwl_window->link_damage);
         xwl_window->present_flipped = FALSE;