diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 2d4ac6af9..1d6ee2c57 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - Wayland: Fix background image scaling using tiled mode on high DPI screens
 
+- Wayland: Fix an abort when changing background colors with :opt:`wayland_titlebar_color` set to ``background`` (:iss:`5562`)
+
 - Update to Unicode 15.0 (:pull:`5542`)
 
 
diff --git a/glfw/wl_client_side_decorations.c b/glfw/wl_client_side_decorations.c
index 06c1dce02..3e0a5ab5e 100644
--- a/glfw/wl_client_side_decorations.c
+++ b/glfw/wl_client_side_decorations.c
@@ -450,8 +450,5 @@ set_titlebar_color(_GLFWwindow *window, uint32_t color, bool use_system_color) {
         decs.use_custom_titlebar_color = use_custom_color;
         decs.titlebar_color = color;
     }
-    if (window->decorated && decs.top.surface) {
-        update_title_bar(window);
-        damage_csd(top, decs.top.buffer.front);
-    }
+    change_csd_title(window);
 }