diff --git a/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.h b/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.h
index 2817c8d415..7b998a6c5c 100644
--- a/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.h
+++ b/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.h
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ class WidgetRenderingContext;
                             enter:(BOOL)aEnter
                          exitFrom:(mozilla::WidgetMouseEvent::ExitFrom)aExitFrom;
 
-- (void)updateGLContext;
 - (void)_surfaceNeedsUpdate:(NSNotification*)notification;
 
 - (bool)preRender:(NSOpenGLContext *)aGLContext;
diff --git a/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.mm b/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.mm
index e2aa6729e9..a3a3bacbf9 100644
--- a/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.mm
+++ b/widget/cocoa/nsChildView.mm
@@ -3309,16 +3309,11 @@ NSEvent* gLastDragMouseDownEvent = nil;
   if (!mGLContext) {
     mGLContext = aGLContext;
     [mGLContext retain];
-    mNeedsGLUpdate = true;
+    mNeedsGLUpdate = YES;
   }
 
   CGLLockContext((CGLContextObj)[aGLContext CGLContextObj]);
 
-  if (mNeedsGLUpdate) {
-    [self updateGLContext];
-    mNeedsGLUpdate = NO;
-  }
-
   return true;
 
   NS_OBJC_END_TRY_ABORT_BLOCK_RETURN(false);
@@ -3472,12 +3467,6 @@ NSEvent* gLastDragMouseDownEvent = nil;
   return YES;
 }
 
--(void)updateGLContext
-{
-  [mGLContext setView:mPixelHostingView];
-  [mGLContext update];
-}
-
 - (void)_surfaceNeedsUpdate:(NSNotification*)notification
 {
   if (mGLContext) {
@@ -3592,6 +3581,13 @@ NSEvent* gLastDragMouseDownEvent = nil;
     LayoutDeviceIntRegion region(geckoBounds);
 
     mGeckoChild->PaintWindow(region);
+
+    if (mNeedsGLUpdate) {
+        [mGLContext setView:mPixelHostingView];
+        [mGLContext update];
+        mNeedsGLUpdate = NO;
+    }
+
     return;
   }