diff --git a/internal/ui/ui_glfw.go b/internal/ui/ui_glfw.go
index cda3a2b75..600df71d9 100644
--- a/internal/ui/ui_glfw.go
+++ b/internal/ui/ui_glfw.go
@@ -1514,7 +1514,10 @@ func (u *userInterfaceImpl) setFullscreen(fullscreen bool) {
 	}
 
 	// glfw.PollEvents is necessary for macOS to enable (*glfw.Window).SetPos and SetSize (#2296).
-	glfw.PollEvents()
+	// This polling causes issues on Linux and Windows when rapidly toggling fullscreen, so we only run it under macOS.
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		glfw.PollEvents()
+	}
 
 	if origX != invalidPos && origY != invalidPos {
 		u.window.SetPos(origX, origY)