diff --git a/pkg/gui/layout.go b/pkg/gui/layout.go
index 29d75a1b5..10f350707 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/layout.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/layout.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) createAllViews() error {
 	gui.Views.SearchPrefix.BgColor = gocui.ColorDefault
 	gui.Views.SearchPrefix.FgColor = gocui.ColorGreen
 	gui.Views.SearchPrefix.Frame = false
-	gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.SearchPrefix, SEARCH_PREFIX)
+	gui.setViewContentSync(gui.Views.SearchPrefix, SEARCH_PREFIX)
 
 	gui.Views.Stash.Title = gui.Tr.StashTitle
 	gui.Views.Stash.FgColor = theme.GocuiDefaultTextColor
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 	gui.Views.CommitFiles.Visible = gui.getViewNameForWindow(gui.State.Contexts.CommitFiles.GetWindowName()) == "commitFiles"
 
 	if gui.State.OldInformation != informationStr {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Information, informationStr)
+		gui.setViewContentSync(gui.Views.Information, informationStr)
 		gui.State.OldInformation = informationStr
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go b/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go
index df787b165..0267a091d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/line_by_line_panel.go
@@ -92,10 +92,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshLineByLinePanel(diff string, secondaryDiff string, second
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Secondary, secondaryPatchParser.Render(-1, -1, nil))
-		return nil
-	})
+	gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Secondary, secondaryPatchParser.Render(-1, -1, nil))
 
 	return false, nil
 }
@@ -228,10 +225,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshMainViewForLineByLine(state *lBlPanelState) error {
 	gui.Views.Main.Highlight = true
 	gui.Views.Main.Wrap = false
 
-	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Main, colorDiff)
-		return nil
-	})
+	gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Main, colorDiff)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/status_panel.go b/pkg/gui/status_panel.go
index 20a7a05b5..c3306e0f2 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/status_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/status_panel.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/presentation"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
@@ -42,10 +41,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) refreshStatus() {
 	repoName := utils.GetCurrentRepoName()
 	status += fmt.Sprintf("%s → %s ", repoName, name)
 
-	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
-		gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Status, status)
-		return nil
-	})
+	gui.setViewContent(gui.Views.Status, status)
 }
 
 func runeCount(str string) int {
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index a7d64559c..dc4f4675d 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -201,11 +201,18 @@ func (gui *Gui) cleanString(s string) string {
 	return utils.NormalizeLinefeeds(output)
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) setViewContent(v *gocui.View, s string) {
+func (gui *Gui) setViewContentSync(v *gocui.View, s string) {
 	v.Clear()
 	fmt.Fprint(v, gui.cleanString(s))
 }
 
+func (gui *Gui) setViewContent(v *gocui.View, s string) {
+	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
+		gui.setViewContentSync(v, s)
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
 // renderString resets the origin of a view and sets its content
 func (gui *Gui) renderString(view *gocui.View, s string) {
 	gui.g.Update(func(*gocui.Gui) error {
@@ -220,7 +227,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) renderStringSync(view *gocui.View, s string) error {
 	if err := view.SetCursor(0, 0); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	gui.setViewContent(view, s)
+	gui.setViewContentSync(view, s)
 	return nil
 }