diff --git a/lib/wibox/drawable.lua b/lib/wibox/drawable.lua
index 268c3282b..af8165f59 100644
--- a/lib/wibox/drawable.lua
+++ b/lib/wibox/drawable.lua
@@ -30,14 +30,17 @@ local visible_drawables = {}
 local function get_widget_context(self)
     local geom = self.drawable:geometry()
 
-    local sgeos = {}
+    local s = self._forced_screen
+    if not s then
+        local sgeos = {}
 
-    for s in capi.screen do
-        sgeos[s] = s.geometry
+        for s in capi.screen do
+            sgeos[s] = s.geometry
+        end
+
+        s = grect.get_by_coord(sgeos, geom.x, geom.y) or capi.screen.primary
     end
 
-    local s = grect.get_by_coord(sgeos, geom.x, geom.y) or capi.screen.primary
-
     local context = self._widget_context
     local dpi = beautiful.xresources.get_dpi(s)
     if (not context) or context.screen ~= s or context.dpi ~= dpi then
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ end
 
 local function do_redraw(self)
     if not self.drawable.valid then return end
+    if self._forced_screen and not self._forced_screen.valid then return end
 
     local surf = surface.load_silently(self.drawable.surface, false)
     -- The surface can be nil if the drawable's parent was already finalized
@@ -274,6 +278,10 @@ function drawable:set_fg(c)
     self._do_complete_repaint()
 end
 
+function drawable:_force_screen(s)
+    self._forced_screen = s
+end
+
 function drawable:_inform_visible(visible)
     self._visible = visible
     if visible then
diff --git a/lib/wibox/init.lua b/lib/wibox/init.lua
index aa4f42d8d..e9c22b634 100644
--- a/lib/wibox/init.lua
+++ b/lib/wibox/init.lua
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ function wibox:set_screen(s)
     -- Remember this screen so things work correctly if screens overlap and
     -- (x,y) is not enough to figure out the correct screen.
     self.screen_assigned = s
+    self._drawable:_force_screen(s)
 end
 
 for _, k in pairs{ "buttons", "struts", "geometry", "get_xproperty", "set_xproperty" } do