diff -up exo-0.10.7/exo/exo-icon-view.c.z-exo-thunar-segfault exo-0.10.7/exo/exo-icon-view.c
--- exo-0.10.7/exo/exo-icon-view.c.z-exo-thunar-segfault
+++ exo-0.10.7/exo/exo-icon-view.c
@@ -4653,6 +4653,25 @@ exo_icon_view_scroll_to_item (ExoIconVie
   gint x, y, width, height;
   gint focus_width;
   gint item_width, item_height;
+  GtkTreePath *path;
+
+  /* Delay scrolling if either not realized or pending layout() */
+  if (!GTK_WIDGET_REALIZED (icon_view) || icon_view->priv->layout_idle_id != 0)
+    {
+      /* release the previous scroll_to_path reference */
+      if (G_UNLIKELY (icon_view->priv->scroll_to_path != NULL))
+        gtk_tree_row_reference_free (icon_view->priv->scroll_to_path);
+
+      /* remember a reference for the new path and settings */
+      
+      path = gtk_tree_path_new_from_indices (g_list_index (icon_view->priv->items, item), -1);
+      icon_view->priv->scroll_to_path = gtk_tree_row_reference_new_proxy (G_OBJECT (icon_view), icon_view->priv->model, path);
+      gtk_tree_path_free (path);
+
+      icon_view->priv->scroll_to_use_align = FALSE;
+
+      return;
+    }
 
   gtk_widget_style_get (GTK_WIDGET (icon_view),
                         "focus-line-width", &focus_width,