diff --git a/pkg/gui/main_panels.go b/pkg/gui/main_panels.go
index 03b7469d2..a0efcb14c 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/main_panels.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/main_panels.go
@@ -107,16 +107,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) allMainContextPairs() []types.MainContextPair {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) refreshMainViews(opts types.RefreshMainOpts) {
-	// need to reset scroll positions of all other main views
-	for _, pair := range gui.allMainContextPairs() {
-		if pair.Main != opts.Pair.Main {
-			pair.Main.GetView().SetOrigin(0, 0)
-		}
-		if pair.Secondary != nil && pair.Secondary != opts.Pair.Secondary {
-			pair.Secondary.GetView().SetOrigin(0, 0)
-		}
-	}
-
 	gui.moveMainContextPairToTop(opts.Pair)
 
 	if opts.Main != nil {
@@ -129,6 +119,20 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshMainViews(opts types.RefreshMainOpts) {
 		opts.Pair.Secondary.GetView().Clear()
 	}
 
+	// Reset the scroll positions of all the other main views. We do this after
+	// moving this pair to the top (which copies the previously-shown view's
+	// content into the now-visible one to avoid a blank frame): resetting first
+	// would zero that source view's scroll before it gets copied, forcing the
+	// placeholder to the top instead of leaving it where the screen already was.
+	for _, pair := range gui.allMainContextPairs() {
+		if pair.Main != opts.Pair.Main {
+			pair.Main.GetView().SetOrigin(0, 0)
+		}
+		if pair.Secondary != nil && pair.Secondary != opts.Pair.Secondary {
+			pair.Secondary.GetView().SetOrigin(0, 0)
+		}
+	}
+
 	gui.splitMainPanel(opts.Secondary != nil)
 }