diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tablewalker.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tablewalker.ts
index d98d2e09e2e..c52f4306d9e 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tablewalker.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/src/tablewalker.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ export default class TableWalker implements IterableIterator<TableSlot> {
 	 */
 	private _nextCellAtColumn: number;
 
+	/**
+	 * Indicates whether the iterator jumped to (or close to) the start row, ignoring rows that don't need to be traversed.
+	 */
+	private _jumpedToStartRow = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates an instance of the table walker.
 	 *
@@ -243,6 +248,10 @@ export default class TableWalker implements IterableIterator<TableSlot> {
 	 * @returns The next table walker's value.
 	 */
 	public next(): IteratorResult<TableSlot, undefined> {
+		if ( this._canJumpToStartRow() ) {
+			this._jumpToNonSpannedRowClosestToStartRow();
+		}
+
 		const row = this._table.getChild( this._rowIndex );
 
 		// Iterator is done when there's no row (table ended) or the row is after `endRow` limit.
@@ -423,6 +432,64 @@ export default class TableWalker implements IterableIterator<TableSlot> {
 
 		rowSpans.set( column, data );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if part of the table can be skipped.
+	 */
+	private _canJumpToStartRow(): boolean {
+		return !!this._startRow &&
+			this._startRow > 0 &&
+			!this._jumpedToStartRow;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the current row to `this._startRow` or the first row before it that has the number of cells
+	 * equal to the number of columns in the table.
+	 *
+	 * Example:
+	 * 	+----+----+----+
+	 *  | 00 | 01 | 02 |
+	 *  |----+----+----+
+	 *  | 10      | 12 |
+	 *  |         +----+
+	 *  |         | 22 |
+	 *  |         +----+
+	 *  |         | 32 | <--- Start row
+	 *  +----+----+----+
+	 *  | 40 | 41 | 42 |
+	 *  +----+----+----+
+	 *
+	 * If the 4th row is a `this._startRow`, this method will:
+	 * 1.) Count the number of columns this table has based on the first row (3 columns in this case).
+	 * 2.) Check if the 4th row contains 3 cells. It doesn't, so go to the row before it.
+	 * 3.) Check if the 3rd row contains 3 cells. It doesn't, so go to the row before it.
+	 * 4.) Check if the 2nd row contains 3 cells. It does, so set the current row to that row.
+	 *
+	 * Setting the current row this way is necessary to let the `next()`  method loop over the cells
+	 * spanning multiple rows or columns and update the `this._spannedCells` property.
+	 */
+	private _jumpToNonSpannedRowClosestToStartRow(): void {
+		const firstRowLength = this._getRowLength( 0 );
+
+		for ( let i = this._startRow!; !this._jumpedToStartRow; i-- ) {
+			if ( firstRowLength === this._getRowLength( i ) ) {
+				this._row = i;
+				this._rowIndex = i;
+				this._jumpedToStartRow = true;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a number of columns in a row taking `colspan` into consideration.
+	 */
+	private _getRowLength( rowIndex: number ): number {
+		const row = this._table.getChild( rowIndex ) as Element;
+
+		return [ ...row.getChildren() ].reduce( ( cols, row ) => {
+			return cols + parseInt( row.getAttribute( 'colspan' ) as string || '1' );
+		}, 0 );
+	}
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tablewalker.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tablewalker.js
index 7e4ec9053e5..d114f702b72 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tablewalker.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tablewalker.js
@@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ import Paragraph from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-paragraph/src/paragraph';
 import CKEditorError from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-utils/src/ckeditorerror';
 import { setData, parse } from '@ckeditor/ckeditor5-engine/src/dev-utils/model';
 
+import TableWalker from '../src/tablewalker';
 import TableEditing from '../src/tableediting';
 import { modelTable } from './_utils/utils';
 
-import TableWalker from '../src/tablewalker';
-
 describe( 'TableWalker', () => {
 	let editor, model, doc, root;
 
@@ -195,6 +194,43 @@ describe( 'TableWalker', () => {
 		expect( tableWalker[ 3 ].rowIndex ).to.equal( 2 );
 	} );
 
+	it( 'does not cause the "RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded" error when handling big tables. ', () => {
+		const data = Array( 3000 ).fill( [ '1', 'Example content', '3' ] );
+		const table = parse(
+			modelTable( data ),
+			model.schema
+		);
+
+		function getAllItems() {
+			return Array.from(
+				new TableWalker( table, { row: 2999 } )
+			);
+		}
+
+		expect( getAllItems ).to.not.throw( RangeError, 'Maximum call stack size exceeded' );
+	} ).timeout( 5000 );
+
+	it( 'does not cause the "RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded" error when handling big tables with rowspan. ', () => {
+		const data = [
+			...Array( 2000 ).fill( [ '1', 'Example content', '3' ] ),
+			[ '1', { contents: 'Cell with rowspan', rowspan: 1000 }, '3' ],
+			...Array( 999 ).fill( [ '1', '3' ] )
+		];
+
+		const table = parse(
+			modelTable( data ),
+			model.schema
+		);
+
+		function getAllItems() {
+			return Array.from(
+				new TableWalker( table, { row: 2999 } )
+			);
+		}
+
+		expect( getAllItems ).to.not.throw( RangeError, 'Maximum call stack size exceeded' );
+	} ).timeout( 5000 );
+
 	describe( 'option.startRow', () => {
 		it( 'should start iterating from given row but with cell spans properly calculated', () => {
 			// +----+----+----+