diff --git a/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc b/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc
index 8fd17f343556..842cfba09996 100644
--- a/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.cc
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView(
       popup_position_(gfx::Rect()),
       hold_resize_(false),
       pending_resize_(false),
+      paint_callback_running_(false),
       renderer_compositor_frame_sink_(nullptr),
       background_color_(SkColor()),
       weak_ptr_factory_(this) {
@@ -999,7 +1000,9 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::OnPaint(
     }
 
     damage.Intersect(GetViewBounds());
+    paint_callback_running_ = true;
     callback_.Run(damage, bitmap);
+    paint_callback_running_ = false;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < damages.size(); i++) {
       CopyBitmapTo(bitmap, originals[i], damages[i]);
@@ -1147,7 +1150,7 @@ void OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView::SetPainting(bool painting) {
   painting_ = painting;
 
   if (software_output_device_) {
-    software_output_device_->SetActive(painting_, true);
+    software_output_device_->SetActive(painting_, !paint_callback_running_);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.h b/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.h
index ed4b160440e6..42d4e7341fef 100644
--- a/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.h
+++ b/atom/browser/osr/osr_render_widget_host_view.h
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ class OffScreenRenderWidgetHostView
   bool hold_resize_;
   bool pending_resize_;
 
+  bool paint_callback_running_;
+
   std::unique_ptr<ui::Layer> root_layer_;
   std::unique_ptr<ui::Compositor> compositor_;
   std::unique_ptr<content::DelegatedFrameHost> delegated_frame_host_;