diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el
index b4f068cf3a..cec89cf3bc 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/eldoc.el
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ eldoc--echo-area-prefer-doc-buffer-p
            (and truncatedp
                 (eq eldoc-echo-area-prefer-doc-buffer
                     'maybe)))
-       (get-buffer-window eldoc--doc-buffer)))
+       (get-buffer-window eldoc--doc-buffer 'visible)))
 
 (defun eldoc-display-in-echo-area (docs _interactive)
   "Display DOCS in echo area.