diff --git a/src/view/kateview.cpp b/src/view/kateview.cpp
--- a/src/view/kateview.cpp
+++ b/src/view/kateview.cpp
@@ -3315,7 +3315,9 @@
 KTextEditor::Range KTextEditor::ViewPrivate::visibleRange()
 {
     //ensure that the view is up-to-date, otherwise 'endPos()' might fail!
-    m_viewInternal->updateView();
+    if (!m_viewInternal->endPos().isValid()) {
+        m_viewInternal->updateView();
+    }
     return KTextEditor::Range(m_viewInternal->toRealCursor(m_viewInternal->startPos()),
                               m_viewInternal->toRealCursor(m_viewInternal->endPos()));
 }
@@ -3639,7 +3641,9 @@
     attr->setForeground(fgColor);
     attr->setBackground(bgColor);
 
-    KTextEditor::Cursor start(visibleRange().start());
+    KTextEditor::Range tmpVisibleRange = visibleRange();
+
+    KTextEditor::Cursor start(tmpVisibleRange.start());
     KTextEditor::Range searchRange;
 
     /**
@@ -3654,7 +3658,7 @@
 
     QVector<KTextEditor::Range> matches;
     do {
-        searchRange.setRange(start, visibleRange().end());
+        searchRange.setRange(start, tmpVisibleRange.end());
 
         matches = m_doc->searchText(searchRange, regex, KTextEditor::Regex);