diff --git a/src/cursor.C b/src/cursor.C
index 24befe6a99..3820ae29ff 100644
--- a/src/cursor.C
+++ b/src/cursor.C
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <limits>
+#include <map>
 
 namespace lyx {
 
@@ -96,7 +97,20 @@ namespace {
 			int xo;
 			int yo;
 			InsetBase const * inset = &it.inset();
-			Point o = c.bv().coordCache().getInsets().xy(inset);
+			std::map<InsetBase const *, Point> const & data =
+				c.bv().coordCache().getInsets().getData();
+			std::map<InsetBase const *, Point>::const_iterator I = data.find(inset);
+
+			// FIXME: in the case where the inset is not in the cache, this
+			// means that no part of it is visible on screen. In this case
+			// we don't do elaborate search and we just return the forwarded
+			// DocIterator at its beginning.
+			if (I == data.end()) {
+				it.top().pos() = 0;
+				return it;
+			}
+
+			Point o = I->second;
 			inset->cursorPos(c.bv(), it.top(), c.boundary(), xo, yo);
 			// Convert to absolute
 			xo += o.x_;