diff --git a/dlls/winemac.drv/cocoa_window.m b/dlls/winemac.drv/cocoa_window.m
index d0b92f1d872..29c6de98bb8 100644
--- a/dlls/winemac.drv/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/dlls/winemac.drv/cocoa_window.m
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ - (BOOL) hasGLContext
 
     - (BOOL) _hasGLDescendant
     {
+        if ([self isHidden])
+            return NO;
         if ([self hasGLContext])
             return YES;
         for (WineContentView* view in [self subviews])
@@ -624,6 +626,12 @@ - (void) willRemoveSubview:(NSView*)subview
         [super willRemoveSubview:subview];
     }
 
+    - (void) setHidden:(BOOL)hidden
+    {
+        [super setHidden:hidden];
+        [self invalidateHasGLDescendant];
+    }
+
     /*
      * ---------- NSTextInputClient methods ----------
      */
@@ -3221,6 +3229,7 @@ macdrv_view macdrv_create_view(macdrv_window w, CGRect rect)
 
         view = [[WineContentView alloc] initWithFrame:NSRectFromCGRect(cgrect_mac_from_win(rect))];
         [view setAutoresizesSubviews:NO];
+        [view setHidden:YES];
         [nc addObserver:view
                selector:@selector(updateGLContexts)
                    name:NSViewGlobalFrameDidChangeNotification
@@ -3354,6 +3363,21 @@ void macdrv_set_view_superview(macdrv_view v, macdrv_view s, macdrv_window w, ma
     [pool release];
 }
 
+/***********************************************************************
+ *              macdrv_set_view_hidden
+ */
+void macdrv_set_view_hidden(macdrv_view v, int hidden)
+{
+    NSAutoreleasePool* pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+    WineContentView* view = (WineContentView*)v;
+
+    OnMainThread(^{
+        [view setHidden:hidden];
+    });
+
+    [pool release];
+}
+
 /***********************************************************************
  *              macdrv_add_view_opengl_context
  *
diff --git a/dlls/winemac.drv/macdrv_cocoa.h b/dlls/winemac.drv/macdrv_cocoa.h
index 331fca7cf53..d4229858675 100644
--- a/dlls/winemac.drv/macdrv_cocoa.h
+++ b/dlls/winemac.drv/macdrv_cocoa.h
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ extern void macdrv_set_window_color_key(macdrv_window w, CGFloat keyRed, CGFloat
 extern void macdrv_dispose_view(macdrv_view v) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern void macdrv_set_view_frame(macdrv_view v, CGRect rect) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern void macdrv_set_view_superview(macdrv_view v, macdrv_view s, macdrv_window w, macdrv_view p, macdrv_view n) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
+extern void macdrv_set_view_hidden(macdrv_view v, int hidden) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern void macdrv_add_view_opengl_context(macdrv_view v, macdrv_opengl_context c) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern void macdrv_remove_view_opengl_context(macdrv_view v, macdrv_opengl_context c) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
 extern int macdrv_get_view_backing_size(macdrv_view v, int backing_size[2]) DECLSPEC_HIDDEN;
diff --git a/dlls/winemac.drv/opengl.c b/dlls/winemac.drv/opengl.c
index f6a656fd3df..ed96c7d50f7 100644
--- a/dlls/winemac.drv/opengl.c
+++ b/dlls/winemac.drv/opengl.c
@@ -1606,6 +1606,7 @@ static BOOL set_win_format(struct macdrv_win_data *data, int format)
             WARN("failed to create GL view for window %p rect %s\n", cocoa_window, wine_dbgstr_rect(&data->gl_rect));
             return FALSE;
         }
+        macdrv_set_view_hidden(data->gl_view, FALSE);
 
         TRACE("created GL view %p in window %p at %s\n", data->gl_view, cocoa_window,
               wine_dbgstr_rect(&data->gl_rect));