diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
index 30bb412550..162edf98a5 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
@@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Bing = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ, {
                 res.zoomMax + 1 - res.zoomMin, this.numZoomLevels
             )
         }, true);
+        this.updateAttribution();
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Method: drawTileFromQueue
+     * Draws the first tile from the tileQueue, and unqueues that tile
+     */
+    drawTileFromQueue: function() {
+        // don't start working on the queue before we have a url from initLayer
+        if (this.url) {
+            OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ.prototype.drawTileFromQueue.apply(this, arguments);
+        }
     },
 
     /**
@@ -185,9 +197,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Bing = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ, {
      * bounds - {<OpenLayers.Bounds>}
      */
     getURL: function(bounds) {
-        if (!this.url) {
-            return;
-        }
         var xyz = this.getXYZ(bounds), x = xyz.x, y = xyz.y, z = xyz.z;
         var quadDigits = [];
         for (var i = z; i > 0; --i) {
@@ -253,7 +262,6 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.Bing = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ, {
      */
     setMap: function() {
         OpenLayers.Layer.XYZ.prototype.setMap.apply(this, arguments);
-        this.updateAttribution();
         this.map.events.register("moveend", this, this.updateAttribution);
     },
     
diff --git a/tests/Layer/Bing.html b/tests/Layer/Bing.html
index a55d2ebb24..b37de906fd 100644
--- a/tests/Layer/Bing.html
+++ b/tests/Layer/Bing.html
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 <html>
 <head>
+  <script>
+    /**
+    * Because browsers that implement requestAnimationFrame may not execute
+    * animation functions while a window is not displayed (e.g. in a hidden
+    * iframe as in these tests), we mask the native implementations here.  The
+    * native requestAnimationFrame functionality is tested in Util.html and
+    * in PanZoom.html (where a popup is opened before panning).
+    */
+    window.requestAnimationFrame = 
+        window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame =
+        window.mozRequestAnimationFrame =
+        window.oRequestAnimationFrame =
+        window.msRequestAnimationFrame = null;
+  </script>
   <script src="../OLLoader.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript">
     var map, layer; 
@@ -82,6 +96,26 @@
         });
     }
     
+    function test_initLayer_notempty(t) {
+        t.plan(1);
+        
+        map = new OpenLayers.Map("map", {
+            projection: "EPSG:3857",
+            layers: [new OpenLayers.Layer("dummy", {isBaseLayer: true})]
+        });
+        map.zoomToExtent([-14768652, 4492113, -12263964, 5744457]);
+        var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Bing(OpenLayers.Util.extend({
+            isBaseLayer: false
+        }, options));
+        map.addLayer(layer);
+        var tile = layer.tileQueue[0];
+        
+        t.delay_call(5, function() {
+            t.ok(tile.url, "Tile not empty");
+            map.destroy();
+        });
+    }
+    
     function test_attribution(t) {
         t.plan(3);
         
