diff --git a/video/out/cocoa/mpvadapter.h b/video/out/cocoa/mpvadapter.h
index 65832aeae5..b5fa8adbf4 100644
--- a/video/out/cocoa/mpvadapter.h
+++ b/video/out/cocoa/mpvadapter.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 - (void)handleFilesArray:(NSArray *)files;
 - (void)didChangeWindowedScreenProfile:(NSNotification *)notification;
 - (void)performAsyncResize:(NSSize)size;
+- (void)windowDidChangePhysicalScreen;
 
 - (BOOL)isInFullScreenMode;
 - (BOOL)keyboardEnabled;
diff --git a/video/out/cocoa/window.m b/video/out/cocoa/window.m
index 028b17985f..88b1596d40 100644
--- a/video/out/cocoa/window.m
+++ b/video/out/cocoa/window.m
@@ -168,14 +168,15 @@
 
 - (void)windowDidChangeScreen:(NSNotification *)notification
 {
-    //this event doesn't exclusively trigger on screen change
-    //examples: screen reconfigure, toggling fullscreen
+    [self.adapter windowDidChangeScreen:notification];
+
     if (!_is_animating && ![[self currentScreen] isEqual:[self screen]]) {
         self.previousScreen = [self screen];
     }
     if (![[self currentScreen] isEqual:[self screen]]) {
-        [self.adapter windowDidChangeScreen:notification];
+        [self.adapter windowDidChangePhysicalScreen];
     }
+
     self.currentScreen = [self screen];
 }
 
diff --git a/video/out/cocoa_common.m b/video/out/cocoa_common.m
index f59ffd9005..e3f359eb5c 100644
--- a/video/out/cocoa_common.m
+++ b/video/out/cocoa_common.m
@@ -1018,6 +1018,10 @@ int vo_cocoa_control(struct vo *vo, int *events, int request, void *arg)
 - (void)windowDidChangeScreen:(NSNotification *)notification
 {
     vo_cocoa_update_screen_info(self.vout);
+}
+
+- (void)windowDidChangePhysicalScreen
+{
     vo_cocoa_update_displaylink(self.vout);
     flag_events(self.vout, VO_EVENT_WIN_STATE);
 }