diff --git a/src/editor-view.coffee b/src/editor-view.coffee
index 075284019..a2148516e 100644
--- a/src/editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/editor-view.coffee
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ class EditorView extends View
     @setHeightInLines()
 
   recalculateDimensions: ->
-    return unless @attached
+    return unless @attached and @isVisible()
 
     oldCharWidth = @charWidth
     oldLineHeight = @lineHeight