diff --git a/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/awt/GLCanvas.java b/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/awt/GLCanvas.java
index 0d1b272bad..602671f6e3 100644
--- a/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/awt/GLCanvas.java
+++ b/src/jogl/classes/com/jogamp/opengl/awt/GLCanvas.java
@@ -662,8 +662,14 @@ public void run() {
             _lock.unlock();
         }
     }  };
+
   private final boolean setSurfaceScaleImpl(final ScalableSurface ns) {
-      if( ns.setSurfaceScale(reqPixelScale) ) {
+      if(DEBUG) {
+          System.err.printf("GLCanvas.setSurfaceScaleImpl reqPixelScale %.2f %.2f, hasPixelScale %.2f %.2f\n", 
+                            reqPixelScale[0], reqPixelScale[1], hasPixelScale[0], hasPixelScale[1]);
+      }
+
+      if( ns.setSurfaceScale(hasPixelScale) ) {
           ns.getCurrentSurfaceScale(hasPixelScale);
           return true;
       } else {
diff --git a/src/nativewindow/classes/com/jogamp/nativewindow/awt/JAWTWindow.java b/src/nativewindow/classes/com/jogamp/nativewindow/awt/JAWTWindow.java
index 6df43bd0ff..89ca400969 100644
--- a/src/nativewindow/classes/com/jogamp/nativewindow/awt/JAWTWindow.java
+++ b/src/nativewindow/classes/com/jogamp/nativewindow/awt/JAWTWindow.java
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ protected final boolean updateLockedData(final JAWT_Rectangle jawtBounds, final
   public final boolean updatePixelScale(final GraphicsConfiguration gc, final boolean clearFlag) {
       if( JAWTUtil.getPixelScale(gc, minPixelScale, maxPixelScale) ) {
           hasPixelScaleChanged = true;
+          System.arraycopy(maxPixelScale, 0, hasPixelScale, 0, 2);
           if( DEBUG ) {
               System.err.println("JAWTWindow.updatePixelScale: updated req["+
                       reqPixelScale[0]+", "+reqPixelScale[1]+"], min["+