diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c
index 961acd175e..49a044754e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/wlwindow.c
@@ -222,11 +222,7 @@ gst_wl_window_new_internal (GstWlDisplay * display, GMutex * render_lock)
         window->video_surface);
   }
 
-  /* do not accept input */
-  region = wl_compositor_create_region (display->compositor);
-  wl_surface_set_input_region (window->area_surface, region);
-  wl_region_destroy (region);
-
+  /* never accept input events on the video surface */
   region = wl_compositor_create_region (display->compositor);
   wl_surface_set_input_region (window->video_surface, region);
   wl_region_destroy (region);
@@ -345,8 +341,14 @@ gst_wl_window_new_in_surface (GstWlDisplay * display,
     struct wl_surface * parent, GMutex * render_lock)
 {
   GstWlWindow *window;
+  struct wl_region *region;
   window = gst_wl_window_new_internal (display, render_lock);
 
+  /* do not accept input events on the area surface when embedded */
+  region = wl_compositor_create_region (display->compositor);
+  wl_surface_set_input_region (window->area_surface, region);
+  wl_region_destroy (region);
+
   /* embed in parent */
   window->area_subsurface =
       wl_subcompositor_get_subsurface (display->subcompositor,
@@ -412,16 +414,6 @@ gst_wl_window_resize_video_surface (GstWlWindow * window, gboolean commit)
     wl_surface_commit (window->video_surface_wrapper);
   }
 
-  if (gst_wl_window_is_toplevel (window)) {
-    struct wl_region *region;
-
-    region = wl_compositor_create_region (window->display->compositor);
-    wl_region_add (region, 0, 0, window->render_rectangle.w,
-        window->render_rectangle.h);
-    wl_surface_set_input_region (window->area_surface, region);
-    wl_region_destroy (region);
-  }
-
   /* this is saved for use in wl_surface_damage */
   window->video_rectangle = res;
 }