diff --git a/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm b/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
index 3ffcf90407..d7fc6b8f39 100644
--- a/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
+++ b/src/osx/carbon/utilscocoa.mm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ CGContextRef wxOSXGetContextFromCurrentNSContext()
 
 void wxOSXLockFocus( WXWidget view) 
 {
-    [view lockFocus];
+    [view lockFocusIfCanDraw];
 }
 
 void wxOSXUnlockFocus( WXWidget view)