diff --git a/src/changelog/unreleased.md b/src/changelog/unreleased.md
index a6ac8e617..d3380d34b 100644
--- a/src/changelog/unreleased.md
+++ b/src/changelog/unreleased.md
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ changelog entry.
 - On Windows, make `ControlFlow::WaitUntil` work more precisely using `CREATE_WAITABLE_TIMER_HIGH_RESOLUTION`.
 - On X11, creating windows on screen that is not the first one (e.g. `DISPLAY=:0.1`) works again.
 - On X11, creating windows while passing `with_x11_screen(non_default_screen)` works again.
+- On X11, fix XInput handling that prevented a new window from getting the focus in some cases.
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs
index fcadf5805..9eff6dd02 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/window.rs
@@ -490,6 +490,20 @@ impl UnownedWindow {
             );
             leap!(result).ignore_error();
 
+            // Select XInput2 events
+            let mask = xinput::XIEventMask::MOTION
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::BUTTON_PRESS
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::BUTTON_RELEASE
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::ENTER
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::LEAVE
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::FOCUS_IN
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::FOCUS_OUT
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::TOUCH_BEGIN
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::TOUCH_UPDATE
+                | xinput::XIEventMask::TOUCH_END;
+            leap!(xconn.select_xinput_events(window.xwindow, super::ALL_MASTER_DEVICES, mask))
+                .ignore_error();
+
             // Set visibility (map window)
             if window_attrs.visible {
                 leap!(xconn.xcb_connection().map_window(window.xwindow)).ignore_error();
@@ -513,20 +527,6 @@ impl UnownedWindow {
                 }
             }
 
-            // Select XInput2 events
-            let mask = xinput::XIEventMask::MOTION
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::BUTTON_PRESS
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::BUTTON_RELEASE
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::ENTER
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::LEAVE
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::FOCUS_IN
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::FOCUS_OUT
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::TOUCH_BEGIN
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::TOUCH_UPDATE
-                | xinput::XIEventMask::TOUCH_END;
-            leap!(xconn.select_xinput_events(window.xwindow, super::ALL_MASTER_DEVICES, mask))
-                .ignore_error();
-
             // Try to create input context for the window.
             if let Some(ime) = event_loop.ime.as_ref() {
                 let result = ime.borrow_mut().create_context(window.xwindow as ffi::Window, false);