diff --git a/glfw/wl_window.c b/glfw/wl_window.c
index d891da485..505d84829 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_window.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_window.c
@@ -768,8 +768,8 @@ handleEvents(monotonic_t timeout)
             if (num_dispatched < 0) {
                 if (errno == EAGAIN) continue;
                 int last_error = wl_display_get_error(display);
-                if (last_error) abortOnFatalError(last_error);
                 wl_display_cancel_read(display);
+                if (last_error) abortOnFatalError(last_error);
                 return;
             }
             break;