diff --git a/src/compton.c b/src/compton.c
index 92797a9..3ed6c9a 100644
--- a/src/compton.c
+++ b/src/compton.c
@@ -1969,18 +1969,6 @@ static session_t *session_init(int argc, char **argv, Display *dpy,
 	ev_set_priority(&ps->event_check, EV_MINPRI);
 	ev_prepare_start(ps->loop, &ps->event_check);
 
-	e = xcb_request_check(ps->c, xcb_grab_server_checked(ps->c));
-	if (e) {
-		log_fatal("Failed to grab X server");
-		goto err;
-	}
-
-	// We are going to pull latest information from X server now, events sent by X
-	// earlier is irrelavant at this point.
-	// A better solution is probably grabbing the server from the very start. But I
-	// think there still could be race condition that mandates discarding the events.
-	x_discard_events(ps->c);
-
 	// Initialize DBus. We need to do this early, because add_win might call dbus
 	// functions
 	if (ps->o.dbus) {
@@ -1995,6 +1983,18 @@ static session_t *session_init(int argc, char **argv, Display *dpy,
 #endif
 	}
 
+	e = xcb_request_check(ps->c, xcb_grab_server_checked(ps->c));
+	if (e) {
+		log_fatal("Failed to grab X server");
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+	// We are going to pull latest information from X server now, events sent by X
+	// earlier is irrelavant at this point.
+	// A better solution is probably grabbing the server from the very start. But I
+	// think there still could be race condition that mandates discarding the events.
+	x_discard_events(ps->c);
+
 	{
 		xcb_window_t *children;
 		int nchildren;