diff --git a/src/app/qgsdxfexportdialog.cpp b/src/app/qgsdxfexportdialog.cpp
index e6a32d239f7..8f1152d3b9f 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsdxfexportdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsdxfexportdialog.cpp
@@ -528,11 +528,13 @@ QList< QPair<QgsVectorLayer *, int> > QgsDxfExportDialog::layers() const
 
 double QgsDxfExportDialog::symbologyScale() const
 {
-  double scale = 1 / mScaleWidget->scale();
-  if ( qgsDoubleNear( scale, 0.0 ) )
-  {
+  if ( qgsDoubleNear( mScaleWidget->scale(), 0.0 ) )
     return 1.0;
-  }
+
+  double scale = 1.0 / mScaleWidget->scale();
+  if ( qgsDoubleNear( scale, 0.0 ) )
+    return 1.0;
+
   return scale;
 }