diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs
index 8e61f291e4..590b93a2fa 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/font_menu.rs
@@ -367,7 +367,11 @@ pub fn font_menu(
     let state_id = ui.scope_id().with(&id).with("font-menu");
     let mut st: MenuState = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp(state_id)).unwrap_or_default();
     ui.data(|d| d.get_temp::<Filters>(filters_id())).unwrap_or_default().apply(&mut st);
-    let target = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp(wheel_fields_id(ui.ctx().viewport_id()).with("target")));
+    // The viewport is read outside `ui.data`. The closure of `ui.data` runs with the context
+    // locked, and a second lock taken inside it blocks once a font-sample thread is waiting to
+    // request a repaint.
+    let wheel_fields = wheel_fields_id(ui.ctx().viewport_id());
+    let target = ui.data(|d| d.get_temp(wheel_fields.with("target")));
     let target_changed = st.wheel_target != target;
     if target_changed {
         st.wheel_order = None;
@@ -435,10 +439,8 @@ pub fn font_menu(
                 out = Some(FontPick::Wheel(steps));
             }
         }
-        let queued = ui.data(|d| {
-            d.get_temp::<WheelFields>(wheel_fields_id(ui.ctx().viewport_id()))
-                .is_some_and(|fields| fields.queued.iter().any(|event| event.field == field.id))
-        });
+        let queued =
+            ui.data(|d| d.get_temp::<WheelFields>(wheel_fields).is_some_and(|fields| fields.queued.iter().any(|event| event.field == field.id)));
         if drawn || (!field.contains_pointer() && !queued) {
             st.wheel_order = None;
             ui.data_mut(|d| d.remove::<f32>(field.id.with("wheel")));
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/font_menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/font_menu.rs
index 47d6258a1d..7ab5378e14 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/font_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests/font_menu.rs
@@ -1058,6 +1058,54 @@ fn open_menu_with(id: &str, left: f32, width: f32, screen: egui::Vec2, look: Men
     drawn
 }
 
+/// The field is drawn while other threads ask the context for repaints, as the threads that
+/// render the samples do when they finish. A read of the context made while the menu already
+/// holds one waits behind such a request, and a debug build of egui panics after ten seconds.
+#[test]
+fn the_field_draws_while_other_threads_request_repaints() {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+
+    /// Stops the threads when the test ends, failed or not.
+    struct Stop(Arc<AtomicBool>);
+    impl Drop for Stop {
+        fn drop(&mut self) {
+            self.0.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+    crate::theme::install_fonts(&ctx);
+    let stop = Stop(Arc::default());
+    let (started, running) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
+    let threads: Vec<_> = (0..4)
+        .map(|_| {
+            let (ctx, stop, started) = (ctx.clone(), stop.0.clone(), started.clone());
+            std::thread::spawn(move || {
+                let _ = started.send(());
+                while !stop.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                    ctx.request_repaint();
+                }
+            })
+        })
+        .collect();
+    for _ in &threads {
+        running.recv().expect("the thread started");
+    }
+    // The wheel on: the field also looks up its queued wheel input.
+    let look = MenuLook { wheel: true, ..Default::default() };
+    for _ in 0..2000 {
+        let mut out = ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput::default(), |ui| {
+            font_menu(ui, "test-repaints", "Inter", 200.0, None, look);
+        });
+        out.textures_delta.clear();
+    }
+    drop(stop);
+    for thread in threads {
+        thread.join().expect("the thread ended");
+    }
+}
+
 /// A narrow field, such as the Control bar's, opens a menu wide enough for the filters on their
 /// rows and for the families' names, each drawn whole beside its sample.
 #[test]