diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
index 88f7a051de..660878b8b5 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
@@ -3832,6 +3832,9 @@ void cairoClipRegion (long cairo) {
 @Override
 void gtk4_draw(long widget, long cairo, Rectangle bounds) {
 	if (!hooksPaint()) return;
+	if (bounds.width == 0 || bounds.height == 0) {
+		return;
+	}
 
 	GCData data = new GCData();
 	data.cairo = cairo;