diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Caret.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Caret.java
index bc0f470..5b5342b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Caret.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Caret.java
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
  * @noextend This class is not intended to be subclassed by clients.
  */
 public class Caret extends Widget {
+	/** The Caret last updated on the OS-level */
+	private static Caret currentCaret;
+
 	Canvas parent;
 	int x, y, width, height;
 	boolean moved, resized;
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@
 
 void move () {
 	moved = false;
+	setCurrentCaret(this);
 	if (!OS.SetCaretPos (x, y)) return;
 	resizeIME ();
 }
@@ -332,6 +336,9 @@
 @Override
 void releaseWidget () {
 	super.releaseWidget ();
+	if (isCurrentCaret()) {
+		setCurrentCaret(null);
+	}
 	parent = null;
 	image = null;
 	font = null;
@@ -390,7 +397,7 @@
 void setBoundsInPixels (int x, int y, int width, int height) {
 	boolean samePosition = this.x == x && this.y == y;
 	boolean sameExtent = this.width == width && this.height == height;
-	if (samePosition && sameExtent) return;
+	if (samePosition && sameExtent && isCurrentCaret()) return;
 	this.x = x;
 	this.y = y;
 	this.width = width;
@@ -530,12 +537,20 @@
 }
 
 void setLocationInPixels (int x, int y) {
-	if (this.x == x && this.y == y) return;
+	if (this.x == x && this.y == y && isCurrentCaret())  return;
 	this.x = x;  this.y = y;
 	moved = true;
 	if (isVisible && hasFocus ()) move ();
 }
 
+private boolean isCurrentCaret() {
+	return Caret.currentCaret == this;
+}
+
+private void setCurrentCaret(Caret caret) {
+	Caret.currentCaret = caret;
+}
+
 /**
  * Sets the receiver's location to the point specified by
  * the argument which is relative to the receiver's
@@ -572,7 +587,7 @@
 }
 
 void setSizeInPixels (int width, int height) {
-	if (this.width == width && this.height == height) return;
+	if (this.width == width && this.height == height && isCurrentCaret()) return;
 	this.width = width;  this.height = height;
 	resized = true;
 	if (isVisible && hasFocus ()) resize ();