diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 4f3b23f1698..4c46d7711be 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -13661,6 +13661,11 @@ clear_garbaged_frames (void)
 	      if (is_tty_frame (f))
 		current_matrices_cleared = true;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM
+              if (FRAME_WINDOW_P (f)
+                  && FRAME_RIF (f)->clear_under_internal_border)
+                FRAME_RIF (f)->clear_under_internal_border (f);
+#endif
 	      fset_redisplay (f);
 	      f->garbaged = false;
 	      f->resized_p = false;