diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/IdeScaleTransformer.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/IdeScaleTransformer.kt
index 74dd3d749132..38e4163c3331 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/IdeScaleTransformer.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/IdeScaleTransformer.kt
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ class IdeScaleTransformer : PersistentStateComponent<IdeScaleTransformer.Persist
     performTweaking(newParameters)
   }
 
-  private fun scale(newScaleFactor: Float, performBeforeTweaking: (() -> Unit)? = null) {
+  fun scale(newScaleFactor: Float) {
+    scale(newScaleFactor, null)
+  }
+
+  private fun scale(newScaleFactor: Float, performBeforeTweaking: (() -> Unit)?) {
     prepareTweaking()
     performBeforeTweaking?.invoke()
     val newParameters = ScalingParameters.ScaleOriented(newScaleFactor, savedOriginalConsoleFontSize)
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/LafManagerImpl.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/LafManagerImpl.kt
index 1f5fc1f86ddc..4d99cfebe4b1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/LafManagerImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/ui/laf/LafManagerImpl.kt
@@ -648,8 +648,11 @@ class LafManagerImpl : LafManager(), PersistentStateComponent<Element>, Disposab
   }
 
   override fun applyDensity() {
+    val ideScale = IdeScaleTransformer.instance.currentScale
+    IdeScaleTransformer.instance.reset() // need to temporarily reset this to correctly apply new size values
     setCurrentLookAndFeel(currentLookAndFeel!!)
     updateUI()
+    IdeScaleTransformer.instance.scale(ideScale)
   }
 
   private fun applyDensity(defaults: UIDefaults) {