diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 459e72d..f8f07b0 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -2219,6 +2219,9 @@ addScreen (CompDisplay *display,
        }
     }
 
+    for (w = s->windows; w; w = w->next)
+       updateWindowAttributes (w, CompStackingUpdateModeNormal);
+
     XFree (children);
 
     attrib.override_redirect = 1;