diff --git a/daemon/actions/bundled/dimdisplay.cpp b/daemon/actions/bundled/dimdisplay.cpp
--- a/daemon/actions/bundled/dimdisplay.cpp
+++ b/daemon/actions/bundled/dimdisplay.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <powerdevil_debug.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 #include <KConfigGroup>
 #include <KLocalizedString>
@@ -46,8 +47,10 @@
         return;
     }
     // An active inhibition may not let us restore the brightness.
-    // Let's override it so that we don't leave the user with a dimmed screen.
-    setBrightnessHelper(m_oldScreenBrightness, m_oldKeyboardBrightness, true);
+    // We should wait a bit screen to wake-up from sleep
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, [this]() {
+        setBrightnessHelper(m_oldScreenBrightness, m_oldKeyboardBrightness, true);
+    });
     m_dimmed = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/powerdevilcore.cpp b/daemon/powerdevilcore.cpp
--- a/daemon/powerdevilcore.cpp
+++ b/daemon/powerdevilcore.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@
         if (m_pendingWakeupEvent) {
             // Fake activity at this stage, when no timeouts are registered
             onResumingFromIdle();
-            KIdleTime::instance()->simulateUserActivity();
             m_pendingWakeupEvent = false;
         }
     } else {
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@
         if (m_pendingWakeupEvent) {
             // Fake activity at this stage, when no timeouts are registered
             onResumingFromIdle();
-            KIdleTime::instance()->simulateUserActivity();
             m_pendingWakeupEvent = false;
         }
 
@@ -833,6 +831,7 @@
 
 void Core::onResumingFromIdle()
 {
+    KIdleTime::instance()->simulateUserActivity();
     // Wake up the actions in which an idle action was triggered
     std::for_each(m_pendingResumeFromIdleActions.cbegin(), m_pendingResumeFromIdleActions.cend(),
         std::mem_fn(&PowerDevil::Action::onWakeupFromIdle));