diff --git a/src/xcb/window.c b/src/xcb/window.c
index 8900c3c..903b932 100644
--- a/src/xcb/window.c
+++ b/src/xcb/window.c
@@ -288,11 +288,10 @@ char *get_window_name(xcb_window_t window) {
 
 void set_window_event_mask(xcb_window_t window, bool clear) {
   xcb_cw_t change_mask = XCB_CW_EVENT_MASK;
-  uint32_t event_mask = clear ? XCB_EVENT_MASK_NO_EVENT
-                              : XCB_EVENT_MASK_ENTER_WINDOW |
-                                  XCB_EVENT_MASK_FOCUS_CHANGE |
-                                  XCB_EVENT_MASK_PROPERTY_CHANGE |
-                                  XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_NOTIFY;
+  uint32_t init_event_mask =
+    XCB_EVENT_MASK_ENTER_WINDOW | XCB_EVENT_MASK_FOCUS_CHANGE |
+    XCB_EVENT_MASK_PROPERTY_CHANGE | XCB_EVENT_MASK_SUBSTRUCTURE_NOTIFY;
+  uint32_t event_mask = clear ? XCB_EVENT_MASK_NO_EVENT : init_event_mask;
   xcb_params_cw_t params = {.event_mask = event_mask};
   xcb_aux_change_window_attributes(conn, window, change_mask, &params);
 }