diff --git a/dlls/winex11.drv/window.c b/dlls/winex11.drv/window.c
index 29473ceba06..36fb41ac710 100644
--- a/dlls/winex11.drv/window.c
+++ b/dlls/winex11.drv/window.c
@@ -2716,7 +2716,7 @@ BOOL CDECL X11DRV_UpdateLayeredWindow( HWND hwnd, const UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO
     RECT rect, src_rect;
     HDC hdc = 0;
     HBITMAP dib;
-    BOOL ret = FALSE;
+    BOOL mapped, ret = FALSE;
 
     if (!(data = get_win_data( hwnd ))) return FALSE;
 
@@ -2737,8 +2737,18 @@ BOOL CDECL X11DRV_UpdateLayeredWindow( HWND hwnd, const UPDATELAYEREDWINDOWINFO
     else set_surface_color_key( surface, color_key );
 
     if (surface) window_surface_add_ref( surface );
+    mapped = data->mapped;
     release_win_data( data );
 
+    /* layered windows are mapped only once their attributes are set */
+    if (!mapped)
+    {
+        DWORD style = GetWindowLongW( hwnd, GWL_STYLE );
+
+        if ((style & WS_VISIBLE) && ((style & WS_MINIMIZE) || is_window_rect_mapped( window_rect )))
+            map_window( hwnd, style );
+    }
+
     if (!surface) return FALSE;
     if (!info->hdcSrc)
     {