diff --git a/src/gtk/window.cpp b/src/gtk/window.cpp
index 41fffb4bce..96789defe2 100644
--- a/src/gtk/window.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/window.cpp
@@ -4099,9 +4099,21 @@ void wxWindowGTK::GTKSendPaintEvents(const GdkRegion* region)
 #endif
 {
 #ifdef __WXGTK3__
-    m_paintContext = cr;
+    {
+        cairo_region_t* region = gdk_window_get_clip_region(gtk_widget_get_window(m_wxwindow));
+        cairo_rectangle_int_t rect;
+        cairo_region_get_extents(region, &rect);
+        cairo_region_destroy(region);
+        cairo_rectangle(cr, rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height);
+        cairo_clip(cr);
+    }
     double x1, y1, x2, y2;
     cairo_clip_extents(cr, &x1, &y1, &x2, &y2);
+
+    if (x1 >= x2 || y1 >= y2)
+        return;
+
+    m_paintContext = cr;
     m_updateRegion = wxRegion(int(x1), int(y1), int(x2 - x1), int(y2 - y1));
 #else // !__WXGTK3__
     m_updateRegion = wxRegion(region);