An organic light emitting display capable of preventing erroneous emission from being generated at the initial stage of driving the organic light emitting display and a method of driving the same. The organic light emitting display includes a display unit including data lines, scan lines, emission control lines, and pixels coupled to the data lines, the scan lines, and the emission control lines. A data driver is coupled to the data lines for transmitting data signals. A scan driver is coupled to the scan lines for transmitting scan signals. An emission control driver is coupled to the emission control lines for transmitting emission control signals. A controller is provided for transmitting a plurality of control signals for controlling the data driver, the scan driver, and the emission control driver, and outputting a first control signal for preventing currents from flowing to organic light emitting diodes of the pixels.