2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/dispextern.h b/src/dispextern.h
index 2f55d8cbc87..430afbf09a3 100644
--- a/src/dispextern.h
+++ b/src/dispextern.h
@@ -3452,7 +3452,14 @@ void gamma_correct (struct frame *, COLORREF *);
 void x_implicitly_set_name (struct frame *, Lisp_Object, Lisp_Object);
 void x_change_tool_bar_height (struct frame *f, int);
 
+/* The frame used to display a tooltip.
+
+   Note: In a GTK build with non-zero x_gtk_use_system_tooltips, this
+   variable holds the frame that shows the tooltip, not the frame of
+   the tooltip itself, so checking whether a frame is a tooltip frame
+   cannot just compare the frame to what this variable holds.  */
 extern Lisp_Object tip_frame;
+
 extern Window tip_window;
 extern frame_parm_handler x_frame_parm_handlers[];
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 5fdd39b0c94..4c82737e410 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -21132,7 +21132,13 @@ should_produce_line_number (struct it *it)
 
 #ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM
   /* Don't display line number in tooltip frames.  */
-  if (FRAMEP (tip_frame) && EQ (WINDOW_FRAME (it->w), tip_frame))
+  if (FRAMEP (tip_frame) && EQ (WINDOW_FRAME (it->w), tip_frame)
+#ifdef USE_GTK
+      /* GTK builds store in tip_frame the frame that shows the tip,
+         so we need an additional test.  */
+      && !NILP (Fframe_parameter (tip_frame, Qtooltip))
+#endif
+      )
     return false;
 #endif