diff --git a/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc b/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc
index abd3b21db..171b8d594 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/content_browser_client.cc
@@ -858,8 +858,7 @@ void CefContentBrowserClient::OverrideWebkitPrefs(
     content::WebPreferences* prefs) {
   renderer_prefs::PopulateWebPreferences(rvh, *prefs);
 
-  if (rvh->GetWidget()->GetView() &&
-      rvh->GetWidget()->GetView()->GetNativeView()) {
+  if (rvh->GetWidget()->GetView()) {
     rvh->GetWidget()->GetView()->SetBackgroundColor(
         prefs->base_background_color);
   }
diff --git a/patch/patch.cfg b/patch/patch.cfg
index 95b36b0b9..af4cb25d7 100644
--- a/patch/patch.cfg
+++ b/patch/patch.cfg
@@ -309,4 +309,10 @@ patches = [
     'name': 'crashpad_tp_1995',
     'path': '../third_party/crashpad/',
   },
+  {
+    # Fix white flash during browser creation.
+    # https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/issues/1984
+    'name': 'rwh_background_color_1984',
+    'path': '../',
+  },
 ]
diff --git a/patch/patches/rwh_background_color_1984.patch b/patch/patches/rwh_background_color_1984.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1475e645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/patches/rwh_background_color_1984.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff --git content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_view_aura.cc content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_view_aura.cc
+index 8a73ab8..11f2d54 100644
+--- content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_view_aura.cc
++++ content/browser/renderer_host/render_widget_host_view_aura.cc
+@@ -761,8 +761,10 @@ void RenderWidgetHostViewAura::SetBackgroundColor(SkColor color) {
+   RenderWidgetHostViewBase::SetBackgroundColor(color);
+   bool opaque = GetBackgroundOpaque();
+   host_->SetBackgroundOpaque(opaque);
+-  window_->layer()->SetFillsBoundsOpaquely(opaque);
+-  window_->layer()->SetColor(color);
++  if (window_) {
++    window_->layer()->SetFillsBoundsOpaquely(opaque);
++    window_->layer()->SetColor(color);
++  }
+ }
+ 
+ bool RenderWidgetHostViewAura::IsMouseLocked() {