diff --git a/xwayland/window-manager.c b/xwayland/window-manager.c
index db6b437..2250267 100644
--- a/xwayland/window-manager.c
+++ b/xwayland/window-manager.c
@@ -1911,6 +1911,12 @@ weston_wm_handle_event(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data)
 	int count = 0;
 
 	while (event = xcb_poll_for_event(wm->conn), event != NULL) {
+		if (EVENT_TYPE(event) == XCB_ALLOC_COLOR_PLANES) {
+			free(event);
+			count++;
+			break;
+		}
+
 		if (weston_wm_handle_selection_event(wm, event)) {
 			free(event);
 			count++;