diff -r f55a5555ee46 -r e03ae42cf793 pidgin/gtkwebview.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkwebview.c	Fri Nov 16 18:33:55 2012 +0100
+++ b/pidgin/gtkwebview.c	Mon Nov 19 15:53:25 2012 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define MAX_FONT_SIZE 7
 #define MAX_SCROLL_TIME 0.4 /* seconds */
 #define SCROLL_DELAY 33 /* milliseconds */
+#define GTK_WEBVIEW_MAX_PROCESS_TIME 100000 /* microseconds */
 
 #define GTK_WEBVIEW_GET_PRIVATE(obj) \
 	(G_TYPE_INSTANCE_GET_PRIVATE((obj), GTK_TYPE_WEBVIEW, GtkWebViewPriv))
@@ -705,8 +706,8 @@
 	}
 }
 
-static gboolean
-process_load_queue(GtkWebView *webview)
+static void
+process_load_queue_element(GtkWebView *webview)
 {
 	GtkWebViewPriv *priv = GTK_WEBVIEW_GET_PRIVATE(webview);
 	int type;
@@ -717,15 +718,6 @@
 	WebKitDOMRange *range;
 	gboolean require_scroll = FALSE;
 
-	if (priv->is_loading) {
-		priv->loader = 0;
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-	if (!priv->load_queue || g_queue_is_empty(priv->load_queue)) {
-		priv->loader = 0;
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
 	type = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_queue_pop_head(priv->load_queue));
 	str = g_queue_pop_head(priv->load_queue);
 
@@ -783,7 +775,35 @@
 	}
 
 	g_free(str);
+}
 
+static gboolean
+process_load_queue(GtkWebView *webview)
+{
+	GtkWebViewPriv *priv = GTK_WEBVIEW_GET_PRIVATE(webview);
+	gint64 start_time;
+
+	if (priv->is_loading) {
+		priv->loader = 0;
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	if (!priv->load_queue || g_queue_is_empty(priv->load_queue)) {
+		priv->loader = 0;
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+
+	start_time = g_get_monotonic_time();
+	while (!g_queue_is_empty(priv->load_queue)) {
+		process_load_queue_element(webview);
+		if (g_get_monotonic_time() - start_time >
+			GTK_WEBVIEW_MAX_PROCESS_TIME)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (g_queue_is_empty(priv->load_queue)) {
+		priv->loader = 0;
+		return FALSE;
+	}
 	return TRUE;
 }