diff --git a/indent/tex.vim b/indent/tex.vim
index b0a3c20..5c9536b 100644
--- a/indent/tex.vim
+++ b/indent/tex.vim
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ setlocal indentkeys&
 setlocal indentkeys+=[,(,{,),},],\&,=item
 
 function! VimtexIndent() " {{{1
+  "
+  " It seems that there is a bug when indenting after formatting text, where
+  " for some reason, "getline(v:lnum)" does NOT get the current line, at least
+  " not as seen in the buffer. I did not find a good way of solving this, and
+  " so for now, I instead insist that the formatting operators, gw and gq, do
+  " not reindent lines.
+  "
+  if v:operator =~# 'g[wq]' | return -1 | endif
+
   let l:nprev = s:get_prev_line(prevnonblank(v:lnum - 1))
   if l:nprev == 0 | return 0 | endif