diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLines.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLines.ts
index 14341b3c95261..1979f4da9351e 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLines.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lines/viewLines.ts
@@ -551,17 +551,17 @@ export class ViewLines extends ViewPart implements IVisibleLinesHost<ViewLine>,
 			}
 		}
 
-		// (3) handle scrolling
-		this._linesContent.setLayerHinting(this._canUseLayerHinting);
-		const adjustedScrollTop = this._context.viewLayout.getCurrentScrollTop() - viewportData.bigNumbersDelta;
-		this._linesContent.setTop(-adjustedScrollTop);
-		this._linesContent.setLeft(-this._context.viewLayout.getCurrentScrollLeft());
-
 		// Update max line width (not so important, it is just so the horizontal scrollbar doesn't get too small)
 		if (!this._updateLineWidthsFast()) {
 			// Computing the width of some lines would be slow => delay it
 			this._asyncUpdateLineWidths.schedule();
 		}
+
+		// (3) handle scrolling
+		this._linesContent.setLayerHinting(this._canUseLayerHinting);
+		const adjustedScrollTop = this._context.viewLayout.getCurrentScrollTop() - viewportData.bigNumbersDelta;
+		this._linesContent.setTop(-adjustedScrollTop);
+		this._linesContent.setLeft(-this._context.viewLayout.getCurrentScrollLeft());
 	}
 
 	// --- width