diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/decorations/decorations.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/decorations/decorations.ts
index dc63ec06edc5140073d8bd9bd941a91509056987..da0359739fe6b91310deceab39d112246a6ee6e1 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/decorations/decorations.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/decorations/decorations.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export class DecorationsOverlay extends DynamicViewOverlay {
 		}
 		let lineIndex = lineNumber - startLineNumber;
 		if (lineIndex < 0 || lineIndex >= this._renderResult.length) {
-			throw new Error('Unexpected render request');
+			return '';
 		}
 		return this._renderResult[lineIndex];
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/glyphMargin/glyphMargin.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/glyphMargin/glyphMargin.ts
index 757305ebc08d315af04fb83fb07eb1feb7d2a610..75757265ee19d46dc3a456a4590b2b8c89159a4c 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/glyphMargin/glyphMargin.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/glyphMargin/glyphMargin.ts
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ export class GlyphMarginOverlay extends DedupOverlay {
 		}
 		let lineIndex = lineNumber - startLineNumber;
 		if (lineIndex < 0 || lineIndex >= this._renderResult.length) {
-			throw new Error('Unexpected render request');
+			return '';
 		}
 		return this._renderResult[lineIndex];
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/indentGuides/indentGuides.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/indentGuides/indentGuides.ts
index 43fe27b0d1c052c82fd90b140202474f3cb7a49e..8e97e032f30793cfa7162718be717d4664a94372 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/indentGuides/indentGuides.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/indentGuides/indentGuides.ts
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ export class IndentGuidesOverlay extends DynamicViewOverlay {
 		}
 		let lineIndex = lineNumber - startLineNumber;
 		if (lineIndex < 0 || lineIndex >= this._renderResult.length) {
-			throw new Error('Unexpected render request');
+			return '';
 		}
 		return this._renderResult[lineIndex];
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lineNumbers/lineNumbers.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lineNumbers/lineNumbers.ts
index be1f4d60636ac78a32dcbe4a5d3d26cbf2737413..0c82560a0878673d07c2f25a6c743aad4ca493ec 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lineNumbers/lineNumbers.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/lineNumbers/lineNumbers.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class LineNumbersOverlay extends DynamicViewOverlay {
 		}
 		let lineIndex = lineNumber - startLineNumber;
 		if (lineIndex < 0 || lineIndex >= this._renderResult.length) {
-			throw new Error('Unexpected render request');
+			return '';
 		}
 		return this._renderResult[lineIndex];
 	}
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/selections/selections.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/selections/selections.ts
index 13fe621bd2b15382dee12477ece74ec714607bd9..c844dfc3516271b0ca3729bc97d9fd0efdea9363 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/selections/selections.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/viewParts/selections/selections.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ export class SelectionsOverlay extends DynamicViewOverlay {
 		}
 		let lineIndex = lineNumber - startLineNumber;
 		if (lineIndex < 0 || lineIndex >= this._renderResult.length) {
-			throw new Error('Unexpected render request');
+			return '';
 		}
 		return this._renderResult[lineIndex];
 	}