diff --git a/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx b/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
index 5834123ef..850b13b06 100644
--- a/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
+++ b/src/lime/_internal/backend/html5/HTML5Window.hx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class HTML5Window
 
 		var element = parent.element;
 
-		if (Reflect.hasField(attributes, "allowHighDPI") && attributes.allowHighDPI)
+		if (Reflect.hasField(attributes, "allowHighDPI") && attributes.allowHighDPI && renderType != DOM)
 		{
 			scale = Browser.window.devicePixelRatio;
 		}