diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a61269e6..75d7b23d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed _New Sonic Arts' Vice_ plugin freezing when loading the plugin. This
+  happened because the plugin tried to spawn new threads and perform drawing
+  calls when changing the sample rate or block size from the audio thread. We're
+  now doing these things from the main GUI thread, so please let me know if this
+  results in loading issues with any other VST2 plugins.
 - Fixed the drag-and-drop implementation not sending an `XdndStatus` message on
   the very first tick. This fixes drag-and-drop from _Samplab_ which has a
   broken drag-and-drop implementation and only starts the operation after the
diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
index b4fdf23f..b07b554c 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
@@ -94,10 +94,15 @@ static const std::unordered_set<int> safe_mutually_recursive_requests{
  * NOTE: `effSetChunk` and `effGetChunk` should be callable from any thread, but
  *       Algonaut Atlas doesn't restore chunk data unless `effSetChunk` is run
  *       from the GUI thread
+ * NOTE: `effSetSampleRate` and `effSetBlockSize` really shouldn't be here, but
+ *       New Sonic Arts' Vice plugin spawns a new thread and calls drawing code
+ *       while changing sample rate and block size. We'll need to see if doing
+ *       this on the main thread introduces any regressions.
  */
 static const std::unordered_set<int> unsafe_requests{
-    effOpen,     effClose,   effEditGetRect,  effEditOpen, effEditClose,
-    effEditIdle, effEditTop, effMainsChanged, effGetChunk, effSetChunk};
+    effOpen,      effClose,    effEditGetRect,   effEditOpen,
+    effEditClose, effEditIdle, effEditTop,       effMainsChanged,
+    effGetChunk,  effSetChunk, effSetSampleRate, effSetBlockSize};
 
 /**
  * These opcodes from `unsafe_requests` should be run under realtime scheduling