diff --git a/src/dfb/toplevel.cpp b/src/dfb/toplevel.cpp
index b607ecc863..9166ffffd4 100644
--- a/src/dfb/toplevel.cpp
+++ b/src/dfb/toplevel.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ void wxTopLevelWindowDFB::DoMoveWindow(int x, int y, int width, int height)
     wxSize cursize = GetSize();
     if ( cursize.x != width || cursize.y != height )
     {
+        // changing window's size changes its surface:
+        InvalidateDfbSurface();
+
         m_dfbwin->Resize(width, height);
+
         // we must repaint the window after it changed size:
         if ( IsShown() )
             DoRefreshWindow();
diff --git a/src/dfb/window.cpp b/src/dfb/window.cpp
index ff3b103a89..0e78f4b174 100644
--- a/src/dfb/window.cpp
+++ b/src/dfb/window.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ wxIDirectFBSurfacePtr wxWindowDFB::GetDfbSurface()
 void wxWindowDFB::InvalidateDfbSurface()
 {
     m_surface = NULL;
+
+    // surfaces of the children are subsurfaces of this window's surface,
+    // so they must be invalidated as well:
+    wxWindowList& children = GetChildren();
+    for ( wxWindowList::iterator i = children.begin(); i != children.end(); ++i )
+    {
+        (*i)->InvalidateDfbSurface();
+    }
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------