--- rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2008/11/04 16:43:50	1.313
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2008/11/05 12:28:15	1.314
@@ -971,6 +971,9 @@
 #endif
     }
 
+  if (set_hint)
+    XSetWMNormalHints (dpy, parent[0], &szHint);
+
   fix_screen = ncol != prev_ncol || nrow != prev_nrow;
 
   if (fix_screen || newwidth != old_width || newheight != old_height)
@@ -986,15 +989,12 @@
       if (bgPixmap.window_size_sensitive ())
         update_background ();
 #endif
-
-      scr_clear ();
     }
 
-  if (set_hint)
-    XSetWMNormalHints (dpy, parent[0], &szHint);
-
   if (fix_screen || old_height == 0)
-    scr_reset ();
+    {
+      scr_reset ();
+    }
 
   // TODO, with nvidia-8178, resizes kill the alpha channel, report if not fixed in newer version
   //scr_touch (false);