diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index b5302e9b4..e46c6158c 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class Editor extends View
 
       return if oldScreenRange.start.row > @lastRenderedScreenRow
 
-      maxEndRow = Math.max(@getLastVisibleScreenRow() + @lineOverdraw, @lastRenderedScreenRow)
+      maxEndRow = Math.max(@getFirstVisibleScreenRow() + @lineOverdraw, @lastRenderedScreenRow)
       @gutter.renderLineNumbers(@firstRenderedScreenRow, maxEndRow) if e.lineNumbersChanged
 
       newScreenRange = newScreenRange.copy()