diff --git a/app/tools/gimptexttool-editor.c b/app/tools/gimptexttool-editor.c
index acae5be115..6d18e0c663 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimptexttool-editor.c
+++ b/app/tools/gimptexttool-editor.c
@@ -716,6 +716,15 @@ gimp_text_tool_move_cursor (GimpTextTool    *text_tool,
   gboolean       cancel_selection = FALSE;
   gint           x_pos  = -1;
 
+  if (text_tool->pending)
+    {
+      /* If there are any pending text commits, there would be
+       * inconsistencies between the text_tool->buffer and layout.
+       * This could result in crashes. See bug 751333.
+       * Therefore we apply them first.
+       */
+      gimp_text_tool_apply (text_tool, TRUE);
+    }
   GIMP_LOG (TEXT_EDITING, "%s count = %d, select = %s",
             g_enum_get_value (g_type_class_ref (GTK_TYPE_MOVEMENT_STEP),
                               step)->value_name,
diff --git a/app/tools/gimptexttool.c b/app/tools/gimptexttool.c
index aadab32d67..0249678352 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimptexttool.c
+++ b/app/tools/gimptexttool.c
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ static void      gimp_text_tool_text_notify     (GimpText          *text,
 static void      gimp_text_tool_text_changed    (GimpText          *text,
                                                  GimpTextTool      *text_tool);
 
-static gboolean  gimp_text_tool_apply           (GimpTextTool      *text_tool,
-                                                 gboolean           push_undo);
 static void      gimp_text_tool_apply_list      (GimpTextTool      *text_tool,
                                                  GList             *pspecs);
 
@@ -1267,7 +1265,7 @@ gimp_text_tool_text_changed (GimpText     *text,
   gimp_text_tool_unblock_drawing (text_tool);
 }
 
-static gboolean
+gboolean
 gimp_text_tool_apply (GimpTextTool *text_tool,
                       gboolean      push_undo)
 {
diff --git a/app/tools/gimptexttool.h b/app/tools/gimptexttool.h
index 054a353e92..1440a409dd 100644
--- a/app/tools/gimptexttool.h
+++ b/app/tools/gimptexttool.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ void       gimp_text_tool_create_vectors_warped  (GimpTextTool *text_tool);
 /*  only for the text editor  */
 void       gimp_text_tool_clear_layout           (GimpTextTool *text_tool);
 gboolean   gimp_text_tool_ensure_layout          (GimpTextTool *text_tool);
+gboolean   gimp_text_tool_apply                  (GimpTextTool *text_tool,
+                                                  gboolean      push_undo);
 
 
 #endif /* __GIMP_TEXT_TOOL_H__ */