diff --git a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
index ed5c96f..b23adef 100644
--- a/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
+++ b/src/backend/wayland/wl_backend.c
@@ -3675,14 +3675,11 @@ wl_event_loop_run(void)
         struct wl_event_loop *loop = wl_display_get_event_loop(wl_state.display);
         while (!wl_state.terminate) {
             wl_display_flush_clients(wl_state.display);
+            wl_event_loop_dispatch(loop, 16);
+            /* Schedule frame AFTER dispatch so the frame event on the next
+             * iteration renders content from commits processed above. */
             if (wl_state.output)
                 wlr_output_schedule_frame(wl_state.output);
-            wl_event_loop_dispatch(loop, 16);
-
-            /* Commit scene after dispatch to pick up any client surface
-             * updates that arrived during this iteration. */
-            if (wl_state.scene_output && wl_state.allocator)
-                wlr_scene_output_commit(wl_state.scene_output, NULL);
 
             /* Check inotify for defaults database changes */
 #ifdef HAVE_INOTIFY