diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxDisplay.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxDisplay.java
index 09249ee8..84633ed3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxDisplay.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxDisplay.java
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ final class LinuxDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 	private int current_displaymode_extension = NONE;
 
 	/** Atom used for the pointer warp messages */
-	private long warp_atom;
 	private long delete_atom;
 
 	private PeerInfo peer_info;
@@ -461,10 +460,6 @@ final class LinuxDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 	}
 	private static native void nSwitchDisplayMode(long display, int screen, int extension, DisplayMode mode) throws LWJGLException;
 
-	static long getWarpAtom() throws LWJGLException {
-		return internAtom("_LWJGL", false);
-	}
-
 	private static long internAtom(String atom_name, boolean only_if_exists) throws LWJGLException {
 		incDisplay();
 		try {
@@ -473,7 +468,7 @@ final class LinuxDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 			decDisplay();
 		}
 	}
-	private static native long nInternAtom(long display, String atom_name, boolean only_if_exists);
+	static native long nInternAtom(long display, String atom_name, boolean only_if_exists);
 
 	public void resetDisplayMode() {
 		lockAWT();
@@ -555,7 +550,6 @@ final class LinuxDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 	public DisplayMode init() throws LWJGLException {
 		lockAWT();
 		try {
-			warp_atom = getWarpAtom();
 			delete_atom = internAtom("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", false);
 			current_displaymode_extension = getBestDisplayModeExtension();
 			if (current_displaymode_extension == NONE)
@@ -709,10 +703,10 @@ final class LinuxDisplay implements DisplayImplementation {
 		return mouse.getButtonCount();
 	}
 
-	public void createMouse() {
+	public void createMouse() throws LWJGLException {
 		lockAWT();
 		try {
-			mouse = new LinuxMouse(getDisplay(), getWindow(), warp_atom);
+			mouse = new LinuxMouse(getDisplay(), getWindow());
 		} finally {
 			unlockAWT();
 		}
diff --git a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxMouse.java b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxMouse.java
index 450bdb96..a82099f7 100644
--- a/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxMouse.java
+++ b/src/java/org/lwjgl/opengl/LinuxMouse.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import java.nio.IntBuffer;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 
 import org.lwjgl.BufferUtils;
+import org.lwjgl.LWJGLException;
 import org.lwjgl.input.Mouse;
 
 import java.nio.charset.CharsetDecoder;
@@ -76,10 +77,10 @@ final class LinuxMouse {
 	private EventQueue event_queue;
 	private long last_event_nanos;
 
-	public LinuxMouse(long display, long window, long warp_atom) {
+	public LinuxMouse(long display, long window) throws LWJGLException {
 		this.display = display;
 		this.window = window;
-		this.warp_atom = warp_atom;
+		this.warp_atom = LinuxDisplay.nInternAtom(display, "_LWJGL", false);
 		reset();
 	}