diff --git a/src/xwidget.c b/src/xwidget.c
index bfee80ef3ed..9fbf6678ae8 100644
--- a/src/xwidget.c
+++ b/src/xwidget.c
@@ -1738,11 +1738,9 @@ xw_maybe_synthesize_crossing (struct xwidget_view *view,
   /* Work around a silly bug in WebKitGTK+ that tries to make tooltip
      windows transient for our offscreen window.  */
   int tooltip_width, tooltip_height;
-  struct x_output *output = FRAME_X_OUTPUT (view->frame);
 
-  if (!output->ttip_widget)
-    xg_prepare_tooltip (view->frame, dummy_tooltip_string,
-			&tooltip_width, &tooltip_height);
+  xg_prepare_tooltip (view->frame, dummy_tooltip_string,
+		      &tooltip_width, &tooltip_height);
 #endif
 
   toplevel = gtk_widget_get_window (XXWIDGET (view->model)->widgetwindow_osr);