diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/map.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/map.js
index 6db282e133..a0b484b7e7 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/map.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/map.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map = function(container, map) {
 
   this.canvas_.style.width = '100%';
   this.canvas_.style.height = '100%';
+  this.canvas_.style.display = 'block';
   this.canvas_.className = ol.css.CLASS_UNSELECTABLE;
   container.insertBefore(this.canvas_, container.childNodes[0] || null);
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/map.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/map.js
index 772992807e..2799444316 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/map.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/map.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ if (ol.ENABLE_WEBGL) {
         (document.createElement('CANVAS'));
     this.canvas_.style.width = '100%';
     this.canvas_.style.height = '100%';
+    this.canvas_.style.display = 'block';
     this.canvas_.className = ol.css.CLASS_UNSELECTABLE;
     container.insertBefore(this.canvas_, container.childNodes[0] || null);
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/map.test.js b/test/spec/ol/map.test.js
index a1b2a7926e..1679b0d91a 100644
--- a/test/spec/ol/map.test.js
+++ b/test/spec/ol/map.test.js
@@ -355,6 +355,38 @@ describe('ol.Map', function() {
 
   });
 
+  describe('#updateSize', function() {
+    var map, target;
+
+    beforeEach(function(done) {
+      target = document.createElement('div');
+      document.body.appendChild(target);
+      map = new ol.Map({
+        controls: [],
+        target: target,
+        view: new ol.View({
+          center: [0, 0],
+          zoom: 2
+        })
+      });
+      map.once('postrender', function() {
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+      map.setTarget(null);
+      document.body.removeChild(target);
+    });
+
+    it('should always generate the same size', function() {
+      var initialSize = map.getSize();
+      map.updateSize();
+      expect(map.getSize()).to.eql(initialSize);
+    });
+
+  });
+
   describe('create interactions', function() {
 
     var options;