diff --git a/rtengine/dcrop.cc b/rtengine/dcrop.cc
index 04b02fcdb..f2eb649c3 100644
--- a/rtengine/dcrop.cc
+++ b/rtengine/dcrop.cc
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ void Crop::update (int todo) {
 
     ProcParams& params = parent->params;
 
-
-    parent->ipf.setScale (skip);
-
     // give possibility to the listener to modify crop window (as the full image dimensions are already known at this point)
     int wx, wy, ww, wh, ws;
     bool overrideWindow = false;
@@ -82,6 +79,9 @@ void Crop::update (int todo) {
     if (needsinitupdate || (todo & M_HIGHQUAL))
         todo = ALL;
 
+    // set improcfuncions' scale now that skip has been updated
+    parent->ipf.setScale (skip);
+
     baseCrop = origCrop;
 
     bool needstransform  = parent->ipf.needsTransform();