diff --git a/reactos/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c b/reactos/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c
index 0546a9ce851..30aa88f9b9d 100644
--- a/reactos/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c
+++ b/reactos/win32ss/user/user32/controls/edit.c
@@ -3840,7 +3840,7 @@ static void EDIT_WM_SetFocus(EDITSTATE *es)
             EDIT_InvalidateText(es, es->selection_start, es->selection_end);
 
         /* single line edit updates itself */
-        if (!(es->style & ES_MULTILINE))
+        if (IsWindowVisible(es->hwndSelf) && !(es->style & ES_MULTILINE))
         {
             HDC hdc = GetDC(es->hwndSelf);
             EDIT_WM_Paint(es, hdc);