diff --git a/jupyter_rfb/renderview-rfb.js b/jupyter_rfb/renderview-rfb.js
index 4f797eb..ded002b 100644
--- a/jupyter_rfb/renderview-rfb.js
+++ b/jupyter_rfb/renderview-rfb.js
@@ -215,20 +215,20 @@ class AnywidgetRenderView extends BaseRenderView {
     if (event.type === 'resize') {
       // Note that there can be multiple views that can possibly be individually resized.
       // TODO: keep logical size in check between different views?
-      if (event.width * event.height <= 0) {
-        return // The element of a new view is temporarily zero-sized at initialization
+      if (event.width * event.height > 0) {
+        this.model.onEvent(event)
       }
     } else if (event.type === 'close') {
-      return // we don't close when one view closes, only when the widget closes
+      // we don't close when one view closes, only when the widget closes
     } else if (event.type === 'show') {
       this.isVisible = true
       this.model.updateVisibility()
     } else if (event.type === 'hide') {
       this.isVisible = false
       this.model.updateVisibility()
+    } else {
+      this.model.onEvent(event)
     }
-
-    this.model.onEvent(event)
   }
 }