diff --git a/modules/juce_opengl/opengl/juce_OpenGLContext.cpp b/modules/juce_opengl/opengl/juce_OpenGLContext.cpp
index 5e60c6d8d9..de094a58f3 100644
--- a/modules/juce_opengl/opengl/juce_OpenGLContext.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_opengl/opengl/juce_OpenGLContext.cpp
@@ -296,15 +296,17 @@ public:
     {
         if (auto* peer = component.getPeer())
         {
+            auto localBounds = component.getLocalBounds();
+            auto displayScale = Desktop::getInstance().getDisplays().findDisplayForRect (component.getTopLevelComponent()->getScreenBounds()).scale;
+
+            auto newArea = peer->getComponent().getLocalArea (&component, localBounds).withZeroOrigin() * displayScale;
+
            #if JUCE_WINDOWS && JUCE_WIN_PER_MONITOR_DPI_AWARE
             auto newScale = getScaleFactorForWindow (nativeContext->getNativeHandle());
            #else
-            auto newScale = Desktop::getInstance().getDisplays().findDisplayForRect (component.getTopLevelComponent()->getScreenBounds()).scale;
+            auto newScale = displayScale;
            #endif
 
-            auto localBounds = component.getLocalBounds();
-            auto newArea = peer->getComponent().getLocalArea (&component, localBounds).withZeroOrigin() * newScale;
-
             if (scale != newScale || viewportArea != newArea)
             {
                 scale = newScale;