diff --git a/src/view/wlr-surface-node.cpp b/src/view/wlr-surface-node.cpp
index e9f8c6dab..77fce815c 100644
--- a/src/view/wlr-surface-node.cpp
+++ b/src/view/wlr-surface-node.cpp
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ void wf::scene::wlr_surface_node_t::update_pending_outputs()
             {
                 wlr_surface_send_enter(surface, wo->handle);
                 wlr_fractional_scale_v1_notify_scale(surface, wo->handle->scale);
+                wlr_surface_set_preferred_buffer_scale(surface, wo->handle->scale);
             }
         } else if (delta < 0)
         {