diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
index 7353fee097..56162fa3d9 100644
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -1378,10 +1378,6 @@ void Window::updateInteractiveMoveResize(const QPointF &currentGlobalCursor)
 
 void Window::handleInteractiveMoveResize(const QPointF &local, const QPointF &global)
 {
-    if (isWaitingForInteractiveMoveResizeSync()) {
-        return; // we're still waiting for the client or the timeout
-    }
-
     const Gravity gravity = interactiveMoveResizeGravity();
     if ((gravity == Gravity::None && !isMovableAcrossScreens())
         || (gravity != Gravity::None && (isShade() || !isResizable()))) {
@@ -1407,17 +1403,19 @@ void Window::handleInteractiveMoveResize(const QPointF &local, const QPointF &gl
         setShade(ShadeNone);
     }
 
-    if (isInteractiveResize()) {
-        if (m_tile && m_tile->supportsResizeGravity(gravity)) {
-            m_tile->resizeFromGravity(gravity, global.x(), global.y());
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
     const QRectF currentMoveResizeGeom = moveResizeGeometry();
     QRectF nextMoveResizeGeom = currentMoveResizeGeom;
 
     if (isInteractiveResize()) {
+        if (isWaitingForInteractiveResizeSync()) {
+            return; // we're still waiting for the client or the timeout
+        }
+
+        if (m_tile && m_tile->supportsResizeGravity(gravity)) {
+            m_tile->resizeFromGravity(gravity, global.x(), global.y());
+            return;
+        }
+
         nextMoveResizeGeom = nextInteractiveResizeGeometry(global);
         if (nextMoveResizeGeom != currentMoveResizeGeom) {
             doInteractiveResizeSync(nextMoveResizeGeom);
@@ -2470,7 +2468,7 @@ void Window::doFinishInteractiveMoveResize()
 {
 }
 
-bool Window::isWaitingForInteractiveMoveResizeSync() const
+bool Window::isWaitingForInteractiveResizeSync() const
 {
     return false;
 }
diff --git a/src/window.h b/src/window.h
index 6b4216d7ae..8f8c07cad5 100644
--- a/src/window.h
+++ b/src/window.h
@@ -1667,7 +1667,7 @@ protected:
      * Whether a sync request is still pending.
      * Default implementation returns @c false.
      */
-    virtual bool isWaitingForInteractiveMoveResizeSync() const;
+    virtual bool isWaitingForInteractiveResizeSync() const;
     /**
      * Called during handling a resize. Implementing subclasses can use this
      * method to perform windowing system specific syncing.
diff --git a/src/x11window.cpp b/src/x11window.cpp
index 5b28d989a0..62a7b6bf85 100644
--- a/src/x11window.cpp
+++ b/src/x11window.cpp
@@ -4753,7 +4753,7 @@ void X11Window::leaveInteractiveMoveResize()
     Window::leaveInteractiveMoveResize();
 }
 
-bool X11Window::isWaitingForInteractiveMoveResizeSync() const
+bool X11Window::isWaitingForInteractiveResizeSync() const
 {
     return m_syncRequest.isPending && m_syncRequest.interactiveResize;
 }
diff --git a/src/x11window.h b/src/x11window.h
index a4a33f0d7e..ec7102459c 100644
--- a/src/x11window.h
+++ b/src/x11window.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ protected:
     void doSetHiddenByShowDesktop() override;
     bool belongsToDesktop() const override;
     bool doStartInteractiveMoveResize() override;
-    bool isWaitingForInteractiveMoveResizeSync() const override;
+    bool isWaitingForInteractiveResizeSync() const override;
     void doInteractiveResizeSync(const QRectF &rect) override;
     QSizeF resizeIncrements() const override;
     bool acceptsFocus() const override;