diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
index 085604394b8..116eda40bda 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowswindow.cpp
@@ -2709,10 +2709,17 @@ void QWindowsWindow::propagateSizeHints()
 bool QWindowsWindow::handleGeometryChangingMessage(MSG *message, const QWindow *qWindow, const QMargins &margins)
 {
     auto *windowPos = reinterpret_cast<WINDOWPOS *>(message->lParam);
+    const QRect suggestedFrameGeometry(windowPos->x, windowPos->y,
+                                       windowPos->cx, windowPos->cy);
+    const QRect suggestedGeometry = suggestedFrameGeometry - margins;
 
     // Tell Windows to discard the entire contents of the client area, as re-using
     // parts of the client area would lead to jitter during resize.
-    windowPos->flags |= SWP_NOCOPYBITS;
+    // Check the suggestedGeometry against the current one to only discard during
+    // resize, and not a plain move. We also look for SWP_NOSIZE since that, too,
+    // implies an identical size, and comparing QRects wouldn't work with null cx/cy
+    if (!(windowPos->flags & SWP_NOSIZE) && suggestedGeometry.size() != qWindow->geometry().size())
+        windowPos->flags |= SWP_NOCOPYBITS;
 
     if ((windowPos->flags & SWP_NOZORDER) == 0) {
         if (QWindowsWindow *platformWindow = QWindowsWindow::windowsWindowOf(qWindow)) {
@@ -2728,9 +2735,6 @@ bool QWindowsWindow::handleGeometryChangingMessage(MSG *message, const QWindow *
         return false;
     if (windowPos->flags & SWP_NOSIZE)
         return false;
-    const QRect suggestedFrameGeometry(windowPos->x, windowPos->y,
-                                       windowPos->cx, windowPos->cy);
-    const QRect suggestedGeometry = suggestedFrameGeometry - margins;
     const QRectF correctedGeometryF = QPlatformWindow::closestAcceptableGeometry(qWindow, suggestedGeometry);
     if (!correctedGeometryF.isValid())
         return false;