diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/window.rs
index a9c00cc7fc..774c4a537c 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/window.rs
@@ -192,10 +192,6 @@ impl LinuxWindowState {
         xcb_connection.send_request(&x::MapWindow { window: x_window });
         xcb_connection.flush().unwrap();
 
-        //Warning: it looks like this reported size is immediately invalidated
-        // on some platforms, followed by a "ConfigureNotify" event.
-        let gpu_extent = query_render_extent(xcb_connection, x_window);
-
         let raw = RawWindow {
             connection: as_raw_xcb_connection::AsRawXcbConnection::as_raw_xcb_connection(
                 xcb_connection,
@@ -217,6 +213,10 @@ impl LinuxWindowState {
             .unwrap(),
         );
 
+        // Note: this has to be done after the GPU init, or otherwise
+        // the sizes are immediately invalidated.
+        let gpu_extent = query_render_extent(&xcb_connection, x_window);
+
         Self {
             xcb_connection: Arc::clone(xcb_connection),
             display: Rc::new(LinuxDisplay::new(xcb_connection, x_screen_index)),