diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 88f9aeb66..d0f4b4d7d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ Detailed list of changes
 
 - macOS: Add an item to the global menu to Cycle through OS windows
 
+- macOS: Quick access terminal: Fix a crash when changing font size (:iss:`9178`)
+
 - Wayland: Fix ``center-sized`` panels not working on smithay based compositors (:pull:`9117`)
 
 - Wayland: Fix scrolling using some mouse wheels that produce "VALUE120" based
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 49afde4b2..b62d4ae47 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ static void
 cocoa_out_of_sequence_render(OSWindow *window) {
     make_os_window_context_current(window);
     window->needs_render = true;
-    bool rendered = render_os_window(window, monotonic(), true);
+    bool rendered = false;
+    if (window->fonts_data->sprite_map) rendered = render_os_window(window, monotonic(), true);
     if (!rendered) {
         blank_os_window(window);
         swap_window_buffers(window);