diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs
index b37cb1cedc165..c33ad133486bf 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/Core/InlineRename/InlineRenameSession.cs
@@ -804,6 +804,8 @@ private async Task CommitCoreAsync(IUIThreadOperationContext operationContext, b
                 {
                     var previewService = _workspace.Services.GetService<IPreviewDialogService>();
 
+                    // The preview service needs to be called from the UI thread, since it's doing COM calls underneath.
+                    await _threadingContext.JoinableTaskFactory.SwitchToMainThreadAsync(cancellationToken);
                     newSolution = previewService.PreviewChanges(
                         string.Format(EditorFeaturesResources.Preview_Changes_0, EditorFeaturesResources.Rename),
                         "vs.csharp.refactoring.rename",