diff --git a/src/draw/layout.rs b/src/draw/layout.rs
index ac21777..61ea6a1 100644
--- a/src/draw/layout.rs
+++ b/src/draw/layout.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ use crate::widget::{ Element, LaidOutWidget, WidgetHandlers };
 use super::DrawCtx;
 use super::damage::clamp_rect_to;
 
+/// The previous frame's sub-canvas resized to `width × height`, or a new one when the parent's scale changed since, as a sub-canvas keeps the scale it was made with.
+fn reuse_sub_canvas( pooled: Option<Canvas>, parent: &Canvas, width: u32, height: u32 ) -> Canvas
+{
+	match pooled
+	{
+		Some( mut sub ) if sub.dpi_scale() == parent.dpi_scale() =>
+		{
+			if sub.size() != ( width, height ) { sub.resize( width, height ); }
+			sub
+		}
+		_ => parent.sub_canvas( width, height ),
+	}
+}
+
 pub( crate ) fn layout_and_draw<Msg: Clone>(
 	element:  &Element<Msg>,
 	canvas:   &mut Canvas,
@@ -295,13 +309,9 @@ pub( crate ) fn layout_and_draw<Msg: Clone>(
 				ctx.scroll_offsets.insert( my_idx, ( ox, oy ) );
 			}
 
-			// Reuse the sub-canvas from the previous frame if its size matches;
-			// only reallocate when the viewport is resized.
 			let sw  = (rect.width.ceil()  as u32).max( 1 );
 			let sh  = (rect.height.ceil() as u32).max( 1 );
-			let mut sub = ctx.scroll_canvases.remove( &my_idx )
-				.map( |mut c| { if c.size() != ( sw, sh ) { c.resize( sw, sh ); } c } )
-				.unwrap_or_else( || canvas.sub_canvas( sw, sh ) );
+			let mut sub = reuse_sub_canvas( ctx.scroll_canvases.remove( &my_idx ), canvas, sw, sh );
 			sub.clear();
 
 			// Child content fills at least the full viewport on each
@@ -462,9 +472,7 @@ pub( crate ) fn layout_and_draw<Msg: Clone>(
 			let vh = ( rect.height.ceil() as u32 ).max( 1 );
 			let seq = ctx.viewport_seq;
 			ctx.viewport_seq += 1;
-			let mut sub = ctx.viewport_canvases.remove( &seq )
-				.map( |mut c| { if c.size() != ( vw, vh ) { c.resize( vw, vh ); } c } )
-				.unwrap_or_else( || canvas.sub_canvas( vw, vh ) );
+			let mut sub = reuse_sub_canvas( ctx.viewport_canvases.remove( &seq ), canvas, vw, vh );
 			if v.local_viewport { sub.set_local_layout_viewport(); }
 			sub.clear();