diff --git a/app/display/gimpstatusbar.c b/app/display/gimpstatusbar.c
index c301a12d21..877f587220 100644
--- a/app/display/gimpstatusbar.c
+++ b/app/display/gimpstatusbar.c
@@ -441,10 +441,7 @@ gimp_statusbar_progress_start (GimpProgress *progress,
           statusbar->progress_shown = TRUE;
         }
 
-#if 0
-      /* FIXME flush_expose */
-      gimp_widget_flush_expose (bar);
-#endif
+      gimp_widget_flush_expose ();
 
       gimp_statusbar_override_window_title (statusbar);
 
@@ -503,10 +500,7 @@ gimp_statusbar_progress_set_text (GimpProgress *progress,
     {
       gimp_statusbar_replace (statusbar, "progress", NULL, "%s", message);
 
-#if 0
-      /* FIXME flush_expose */
-      gimp_widget_flush_expose (bar);
-#endif
+      gimp_widget_flush_expose ();
 
       gimp_statusbar_override_window_title (statusbar);
     }
@@ -544,10 +538,7 @@ gimp_statusbar_progress_set_value (GimpProgress *progress,
               gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (bar),
                                              percentage);
 
-#if 0
-              /* FIXME flush_expose */
-              gimp_widget_flush_expose (bar);
-#endif
+              gimp_widget_flush_expose ();
             }
         }
     }
@@ -582,10 +573,7 @@ gimp_statusbar_progress_pulse (GimpProgress *progress)
 
           gtk_progress_bar_pulse (GTK_PROGRESS_BAR (bar));
 
-#if 0
-          /* FIXME flush_expose */
-          gimp_widget_flush_expose (bar);
-#endif
+          gimp_widget_flush_expose ();
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c
index 97ab148570..f437c5b6dc 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.c
@@ -1865,3 +1865,10 @@ gimp_color_profile_chooser_dialog_connect_path (GtkWidget   *dialog,
                     G_CALLBACK (connect_path_response),
                     NULL);
 }
+
+void
+gimp_widget_flush_expose (void)
+{
+  while (g_main_context_pending (NULL))
+    g_main_context_iteration (NULL, FALSE);
+}
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h
index c1db78d368..8fd6154160 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpwidgets-utils.h
@@ -126,5 +126,7 @@ void              gimp_color_profile_chooser_dialog_connect_path
                                                     GObject               *config,
                                                     const gchar           *property_name);
 
+void              gimp_widget_flush_expose         (void);
+
 
 #endif /* __APP_GIMP_WIDGETS_UTILS_H__ */