diff --git a/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/__tests__/scroll-anchor.test.ts b/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/__tests__/scroll-anchor.test.ts
index ab0c023c5..fa4a78cd1 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/__tests__/scroll-anchor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/__tests__/scroll-anchor.test.ts
@@ -195,6 +195,26 @@ describe("scroll anchor", () => {
     editor.destroy();
   });
 
+  test("does not render pages it is about to scroll away from", () => {
+    const editor = createEditor(createContainer());
+    stubLayout(editor);
+    const before = Array.from(editor.view.dom.children).map((page) =>
+      (page as HTMLElement).hasAttribute("data-page-placeholder")
+    );
+
+    restoreScrollAnchor(editor.view, { blockId: "blk300", offset: 0 });
+
+    // page 3 is neither an edge, nor next to the caret, nor near the anchor:
+    // nothing should have rendered it on the way past
+    expect(before[3]).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      (editor.view.dom.children[3] as HTMLElement).hasAttribute(
+        "data-page-placeholder"
+      )
+    ).toBe(true);
+    editor.destroy();
+  });
+
   test("reports failure for a block that is no longer there", () => {
     const editor = createEditor(createContainer());
     stubLayout(editor);
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/anchor.ts b/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/anchor.ts
index 679c27200..43f3d9d12 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/anchor.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/anchor.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { EditorView } from "@tiptap/pm/view";
 import { profiler } from "../../utils/profiler.js";
 import { isPage } from "./split.js";
 import {
+  calibrateHeightsNow,
   findScrollParent,
   renderViewportNow,
   viewportKey
@@ -113,11 +114,12 @@ export function restoreScrollAnchor(
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Empty pages start out sized from a guess, and the note shrinks once the
-  // first real measurements arrive. Doing that first means scrolling against
-  // the heights the note will actually have, instead of being dragged along
-  // when it changes size a moment later.
-  renderViewportNow(view);
+  // Empty pages start out sized from a guess, and the note changes height once
+  // the first real measurements arrive. Sizing them first means scrolling
+  // against the heights the note will actually have, and doing it without
+  // rendering anything avoids showing pages here that are about to be left
+  // behind.
+  calibrateHeightsNow(view);
 
   const target = findBlock(view.state.doc, anchor.blockId);
   if (!target.found) {
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/viewport-plugin.ts b/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/viewport-plugin.ts
index 967b09e29..71fd5a5ed 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/viewport-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/editor/src/extensions/paging/viewport-plugin.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ type PageRange = { from: number; to: number; index: number };
 const EMPTY_VISIBLE: Set<string> = new Set();
 
 const pending = new WeakMap<EditorView, () => void>();
+const calibrations = new WeakMap<EditorView, () => void>();
+
+/**
+ * Sizes the empty pages from what the note actually looks like, without
+ * changing which pages are rendered. Used before scrolling somewhere, so the
+ * note is not still changing height once it gets there.
+ */
+export function calibrateHeightsNow(view: EditorView): void {
+  calibrations.get(view)?.();
+}
 
 /**
  * Works out what is on screen right now instead of waiting for the next frame.
@@ -500,6 +510,11 @@ export function viewportPlugin(heights: HeightMap): Plugin<ViewportState> {
       };
 
       pending.set(editorView, flush);
+      calibrations.set(editorView, () => {
+        updateMetrics();
+        measureRenderedPages();
+        resizePlaceholders();
+      });
       window.addEventListener("beforeprint", beforePrint);
       window.addEventListener("afterprint", afterPrint);
 
@@ -533,6 +548,7 @@ export function viewportPlugin(heights: HeightMap): Plugin<ViewportState> {
           window.removeEventListener("afterprint", afterPrint);
           printMedia?.removeEventListener?.("change", onPrintMedia);
           pending.delete(editorView);
+          calibrations.delete(editorView);
           window.removeEventListener("resize", schedule);
           scrollParent?.removeEventListener("scroll", schedule);
           layout?.disconnect();