diff --git a/src/x11/screen.c b/src/x11/screen.c
index 9648c7b..0b590ea 100644
--- a/src/x11/screen.c
+++ b/src/x11/screen.c
@@ -167,15 +167,15 @@ void randr_update(void)
         XRRFreeMonitors(m);
 }
 
-void screen_check_event(XEvent event)
+bool screen_check_event(XEvent *ev)
 {
-        if (XRRUpdateConfiguration(&event)) {
+        if (XRRUpdateConfiguration(ev)) {
                 LOG_D("XEvent: processing 'RRScreenChangeNotify'");
                 randr_update();
 
-        } else {
-                LOG_D("XEvent: Ignoring '%d'", event.type);
+                return true;
         }
+        return false;
 }
 
 void xinerama_update(void)
diff --git a/src/x11/screen.h b/src/x11/screen.h
index 1fc2033..fb83bb7 100644
--- a/src/x11/screen.h
+++ b/src/x11/screen.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ struct screen_info {
 
 void init_screens(void);
 void screen_dpi_xft_cache_purge(void);
-void screen_check_event(XEvent event);
+bool screen_check_event(XEvent *ev);
 
 struct screen_info *get_active_screen(void);
 double screen_dpi_get(struct screen_info *scr);
diff --git a/src/x11/x.c b/src/x11/x.c
index 07d658f..c26ed32 100644
--- a/src/x11/x.c
+++ b/src/x11/x.c
@@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ gboolean x_mainloop_fd_dispatch(GSource *source, GSourceFunc callback, gpointer
                         }
                         break;
                 default:
-                        screen_check_event(ev);
+                        if (!screen_check_event(&ev)) {
+                                LOG_D("XEvent: Ignoring '%d'", ev.type);
+                        }
+
                         break;
                 }
         }