diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index 4b67352a..48d74f9b 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2545,7 +2545,9 @@ const char *do_int_speller(const char *tempfile_name)
 		return _("Could not get size of pipe buffer");
 	}
 
-	/* Read in the returned spelling errors. */
+	/* Block SIGWINCHes while reading misspelled words from the pipe. */
+	block_sigwinch(TRUE);
+
 	totalread = 0;
 	buffersize = blocksize + 1;
 	misspellings = charalloc(buffersize);
@@ -2561,6 +2563,8 @@ const char *do_int_speller(const char *tempfile_name)
 	*pointer = '\0';
 	close(uniq_fd[0]);
 
+	block_sigwinch(FALSE);
+
 	/* Do any replacements case sensitive, forward, and without regexes. */
 	SET(CASE_SENSITIVE);
 	UNSET(BACKWARDS_SEARCH);