diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.cpp b/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.cpp
index 87c327f7a94..f058f5bd323 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.cpp
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.cpp
@@ -1680,6 +1680,16 @@ void WaylandThread::_wl_seat_on_capabilities(void *data, struct wl_seat *wl_seat
 			ss->xkb_compose_state = nullptr;
 		}
 
+		if (ss->xkb_keymap) {
+			xkb_keymap_unref(ss->xkb_keymap);
+			ss->xkb_keymap = nullptr;
+		}
+
+		if (ss->xkb_state) {
+			xkb_state_unref(ss->xkb_state);
+			ss->xkb_state = nullptr;
+		}
+
 		if (ss->wl_keyboard) {
 			wl_keyboard_destroy(ss->wl_keyboard);
 			ss->wl_keyboard = nullptr;
@@ -2309,7 +2319,7 @@ void WaylandThread::_wl_keyboard_on_repeat_info(void *data, struct wl_keyboard *
 	SeatState *ss = (SeatState *)data;
 	ERR_FAIL_NULL(ss);
 
-	ss->repeat_key_delay_msec = 1000 / rate;
+	ss->repeat_key_delay_msec = rate ? 1000 / rate : 0;
 	ss->repeat_start_delay_msec = delay;
 }
 
diff --git a/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.h b/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.h
index f35f27f69ad..158910a33b2 100644
--- a/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.h
+++ b/platform/linuxbsd/wayland/wayland_thread.h
@@ -480,8 +480,11 @@ public:
 
 		xkb_layout_index_t current_layout_index = 0;
 
-		int32_t repeat_key_delay_msec = 0;
-		int32_t repeat_start_delay_msec = 0;
+		// Clients with `wl_seat`s older than version 4 do not support
+		// `wl_keyboard::repeat_info`, so we'll provide a reasonable default of 25
+		// keys per second, with a start delay of 600 milliseconds.
+		int32_t repeat_key_delay_msec = 1000 / 25;
+		int32_t repeat_start_delay_msec = 600;
 
 		xkb_keycode_t repeating_keycode = XKB_KEYCODE_INVALID;
 		uint64_t last_repeat_start_msec = 0;