diff --git a/src/motif/dialog.cpp b/src/motif/dialog.cpp
index a7e4fc8aa6..dae891831b 100644
--- a/src/motif/dialog.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/dialog.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,14 @@ bool wxDialog::Show( bool show )
 
     m_isShown = show;
 
+    if (show)
+    {
+        // this usually will result in TransferDataToWindow() being called
+        // which will change the controls values so do it before showing as
+        // otherwise we could have some flicker
+        InitDialog();
+    }
+
     if (show)
     {
         if (!wxUSE_INVISIBLE_RESIZE)