diff --git a/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx b/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx
index 3f92a42..126fb4e 100644
--- a/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx
@@ -965,18 +965,13 @@
 
 void VNCSConnectionST::writeDataUpdate()
 {
-  Region req;
+  Region req, pending;
   UpdateInfo ui;
   bool needNewUpdateInfo;
   const RenderedCursor *cursor;
 
   updates.enable_copyrect(cp.useCopyRect);
 
-  // See if we are allowed to send anything right now (the framebuffer
-  // might have changed in ways we haven't yet been informed of).
-  if (!server->checkUpdate())
-    return;
-
   // See what the client has requested (if anything)
   if (continuousUpdates)
     req = cuRegion.union_(requested);
@@ -986,6 +981,9 @@
   if (req.is_empty())
     return;
 
+  // Get any framebuffer changes we haven't yet been informed of
+  pending = server->getPendingRegion();
+
   // Get the lists of updates. Prior to exporting the data to the `ui' object,
   // getUpdateInfo() will normalize the `updates' object such way that its
   // `changed' and `copied' regions would not intersect.
@@ -1027,17 +1025,24 @@
     updateRenderedCursor = false;
   }
 
-  // Return if there is nothing to send the client.
-
-  if (updates.is_empty() && !writer()->needFakeUpdate() &&
-      !encodeManager.needsLosslessRefresh(req))
-    return;
-
   // The `updates' object could change, make sure we have valid update info.
 
   if (needNewUpdateInfo)
     updates.getUpdateInfo(&ui, req);
 
+  // If there are queued updates then we cannot safely send an update
+  // without risking a partially updated screen
+
+  if (!pending.is_empty()) {
+    // However we might still be able to send a lossless refresh
+    req.assign_subtract(pending);
+    req.assign_subtract(ui.changed);
+    req.assign_subtract(ui.copied);
+
+    ui.changed.clear();
+    ui.copied.clear();
+  }
+
   // Does the client need a server-side rendered cursor?
 
   cursor = NULL;
@@ -1059,6 +1064,8 @@
     damagedCursorRegion.assign_union(ui.changed.intersect(renderedCursorRect));
   }
 
+  // Return if there is nothing to send the client.
+
   if (ui.is_empty() && !writer()->needFakeUpdate() &&
       !encodeManager.needsLosslessRefresh(req))
     return;