diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vesa.c b/sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vesa.c
index 782d0a8d5..b04b8cbb7 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vesa.c
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/aux/vga/vesa.c
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ load(Vga* vga, Ctlr* ctlr)
 	if(vbesetmode(vbe, atoi(dbattr(vga->mode->attr, "id"))) < 0){
 		ctlr->flag |= Ferror;
 		fprint(2, "vbesetmode: %r\n");
-	}
-	if(vbe->scale != nil)
+	}else if(vbe->scale != nil)
 		vbe->scale(vga, ctlr);
 }