diff --git a/js/ui/workspacesView.js b/js/ui/workspacesView.js
index 50f079c3e..3eb9c0dcb 100644
--- a/js/ui/workspacesView.js
+++ b/js/ui/workspacesView.js
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ const WorkspacesDisplay = new Lang.Class({
 
     _init: function() {
         this.actor = new St.Widget({ clip_to_allocation: true });
-        this.actor.connect('notify::allocation', Lang.bind(this, this._updateWorkspacesActualGeometry));
+        this.actor.connect('notify::allocation', Lang.bind(this, this._allocationChanged));
         this.actor.connect('parent-set', Lang.bind(this, this._parentSet));
 
         let clickAction = new Clutter.ClickAction()
@@ -676,6 +676,12 @@ const WorkspacesDisplay = new Lang.Class({
         }
     },
 
+    _allocationChanged: function() {
+        if (Main.overview.animationInProgress)
+            return;
+        this._updateWorkspacesActualGeometry();
+    },
+
     _updateWorkspacesActualGeometry: function() {
         if (!this._workspacesViews.length)
             return;