diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
index b218573f9e..1106b2b888 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
@@ -769,6 +769,30 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetupMouseEvent( wxMouseEvent &wxevent , NSEvent * nsEve
     }
 }
 
+static void SetDrawingEnabledIfFrozenRecursive(wxWidgetCocoaImpl *impl, bool enable)
+{
+    if (!impl->GetWXPeer())
+        return;
+
+    if (impl->GetWXPeer()->IsFrozen())
+        impl->SetDrawingEnabled(enable);
+
+    for ( wxWindowList::iterator i = impl->GetWXPeer()->GetChildren().begin();
+          i != impl->GetWXPeer()->GetChildren().end();
+          ++i )
+    {
+        wxWindow *child = *i;
+        if ( child->IsTopLevel() || !child->IsFrozen() )
+            continue;
+
+        // Skip any user panes as they'll handle this themselves
+        if ( !child->GetPeer() || child->GetPeer()->IsUserPane() )
+            continue;
+
+        SetDrawingEnabledIfFrozenRecursive((wxWidgetCocoaImpl *)child->GetPeer(), enable);
+    }
+}
+
 @implementation wxNSView
 
 + (void)initialize
@@ -887,6 +911,24 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetupMouseEvent( wxMouseEvent &wxevent , NSEvent * nsEve
     return [super hitTest:aPoint];
 }
 
+- (void) viewWillMoveToWindow:(NSWindow *)newWindow
+{
+    wxWidgetCocoaImpl* viewimpl = (wxWidgetCocoaImpl*) wxWidgetImpl::FindFromWXWidget( self );
+    if (viewimpl)
+        SetDrawingEnabledIfFrozenRecursive(viewimpl, true);
+
+    [super viewWillMoveToWindow:newWindow];
+}
+
+- (void) viewDidMoveToWindow
+{
+    wxWidgetCocoaImpl* viewimpl = (wxWidgetCocoaImpl*) wxWidgetImpl::FindFromWXWidget( self );
+    if (viewimpl)
+        SetDrawingEnabledIfFrozenRecursive(viewimpl, false);
+
+    [super viewDidMoveToWindow];
+}
+
 @end // wxNSView
 
 // We need to adopt NSTextInputClient protocol in order to interpretKeyEvents: to work.
@@ -2486,7 +2528,7 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::Init()
 wxWidgetCocoaImpl::~wxWidgetCocoaImpl()
 {
     if ( GetWXPeer() && GetWXPeer()->IsFrozen() )
-        [[m_osxView window] enableFlushWindow];
+        SetDrawingEnabled(true);
     
     RemoveAssociations( this );
 
@@ -3034,6 +3076,10 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetDropTarget(wxDropTarget* target)
 
 void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::RemoveFromParent()
 {
+    // User panes will be thawed in the removeFromSuperview call below
+    if (!IsUserPane() && m_wxPeer->IsFrozen())
+        SetDrawingEnabled(true);
+
     [m_osxView removeFromSuperview];
 }
 
@@ -3043,8 +3089,9 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::Embed( wxWidgetImpl *parent )
     wxASSERT_MSG( container != NULL , wxT("No valid mac container control") ) ;
     [container addSubview:m_osxView];
     
-    if( m_wxPeer->IsFrozen() )
-        [[m_osxView window] disableFlushWindow];
+    // User panes will be frozen elsewhere
+    if( m_wxPeer->IsFrozen() && !IsUserPane() )
+        SetDrawingEnabled(false);
 }
 
 void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetBackgroundColour( const wxColour &col )
@@ -3693,6 +3740,9 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetFlipped(bool flipped)
 
 void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetDrawingEnabled(bool enabled)
 {
+    if ( [m_osxView window] == nil )
+        return;
+
     if ( enabled )
     {
         [[m_osxView window] enableFlushWindow];
diff --git a/src/osx/window_osx.cpp b/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
index c725ef8d57..5928260429 100644
--- a/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
@@ -1638,6 +1638,15 @@ void wxWindowMac::RemoveChild( wxWindowBase *child )
     if ( child == m_growBox )
         m_growBox = NULL ;
 #endif
+    if (!child->IsBeingDeleted() && !child->IsTopLevel())
+    {
+        // Must be removed prior to RemoveChild and next AddChild call
+        // Otherwise the next AddChild may freeze the wrong window
+        wxWindowMac *mac = (wxWindowMac *)child;
+        if (mac->GetPeer() && mac->GetPeer()->IsOk())
+            mac->GetPeer()->RemoveFromParent();
+    }
+
     wxWindowBase::RemoveChild( child ) ;
 }
 
@@ -2458,10 +2467,9 @@ bool wxWindowMac::Reparent(wxWindowBase *newParentBase)
     if ( !wxWindowBase::Reparent(newParent) )
         return false;
 
-    GetPeer()->RemoveFromParent();
     GetPeer()->Embed( GetParent()->GetPeer() );
 
-    MacChildAdded();
+    GetParent()->MacChildAdded();
     return true;
 }