diff --git a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-dnd.c b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-dnd.c
index 7efcf588aa..bc8fdbeb96 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-dnd.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpdisplayshell-dnd.c
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ static void
 gimp_display_shell_dnd_flush (GimpDisplayShell *shell,
                               GimpImage        *image)
 {
-  gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (shell));
+  GtkWidget *toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel (GTK_WIDGET (shell));
+
+  gtk_window_present (GTK_WINDOW (toplevel));
 
   gimp_image_flush (image);