diff --git a/lib/utils/linter.js b/lib/utils/linter.js
index 5382062..f17baca 100644
--- a/lib/utils/linter.js
+++ b/lib/utils/linter.js
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ function getRange (textEditor, line, col, endLine, endCol, src, lineStart) {
     return [[line, col], [endLine, endCol]]
   }
 
-  return generateRange(textEditor, line, col)
+  try {
+    return generateRange(textEditor, line, col)
+  } catch (err) {
+    // If generateRange() fails, the text editor’s contents have most likely
+    // changed in the meantime. In that case, we simply return a one-character
+    // range since the results won’t be used anyway.
+    return [[line, col], [line, col + 1]]
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = function (err, output) {