diff --git a/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.cpp b/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.cpp
index 1010e546d97..88b5a34c029 100644
--- a/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.cpp
@@ -977,9 +977,10 @@ void TerminalView::applySizeChange()
     if (d->m_surface->liveSize() == newLiveSize)
         return;
 
-    resizePty(newLiveSize);
-    d->m_surface->resize(newLiveSize);
-    flushVTerm(true);
+    if (resizePty(newLiveSize)) {
+        d->m_surface->resize(newLiveSize);
+        flushVTerm(true);
+    }
 }
 
 void TerminalView::updateScrollBars()
diff --git a/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.h b/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.h
index fcc5994a75e..daddda01e23 100644
--- a/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.h
+++ b/src/libs/solutions/terminal/terminalview.h
@@ -123,7 +123,12 @@ public:
         return noHits;
     }
 
-    virtual void resizePty(QSize newSize) { Q_UNUSED(newSize); }
+    virtual bool resizePty(QSize newSize)
+    {
+        Q_UNUSED(newSize);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     virtual void setClipboard(const QString &text) { Q_UNUSED(text); }
     virtual std::optional<Link> toLink(const QString &text)
     {
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
index 3ca0cfd8d25..05ba69457b8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.cpp
@@ -336,10 +336,13 @@ qint64 TerminalWidget::writeToPty(const QByteArray &data)
     return data.size();
 }
 
-void TerminalWidget::resizePty(QSize newSize)
+bool TerminalWidget::resizePty(QSize newSize)
 {
-    if (m_process && m_process->ptyData() && m_process->isRunning())
-        m_process->ptyData()->resize(newSize);
+    if (!m_process || !m_process->ptyData() || !m_process->isRunning())
+        return false;
+
+    m_process->ptyData()->resize(newSize);
+    return true;
 }
 
 void TerminalWidget::surfaceChanged()
diff --git a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
index 351ae457205..2017f712aef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
+++ b/src/plugins/terminal/terminalwidget.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ protected:
     void contextMenuRequested(const QPoint &pos) override;
 
     qint64 writeToPty(const QByteArray &data) override;
-    void resizePty(QSize newSize) override;
+    bool resizePty(QSize newSize) override;
     void setClipboard(const QString &text) override;
     std::optional<TerminalView::Link> toLink(const QString &text) override;