diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DPIZoomChangeRegistry.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DPIZoomChangeRegistry.java
index 3ba6d4adc37..2547860fe91 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DPIZoomChangeRegistry.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/internal/DPIZoomChangeRegistry.java	
@@ -53,7 +53,11 @@ public static void applyChange(Widget widget, int newZoom, float scalingFactor)
 			Class<? extends Widget> clazz = entry.getKey();
 			DPIZoomChangeHandler handler = entry.getValue();
 			if (clazz.isInstance(widget)) {
-				handler.handleDPIChange(widget, newZoom, scalingFactor);
+				try {
+					handler.handleDPIChange(widget, newZoom, scalingFactor);
+				} catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+					widget.getDisplay().getRuntimeExceptionHandler().accept(ex);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		Event event = new Event();