diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a5bd8be..916880c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -72,12 +72,16 @@
 * Crash when compositor does not implement the _viewporter_ interface
   ([#1444][1444]).
 * CSD rendering with fractional scaling ([#1441][1441]).
+* Regression: crash with certain combinations of
+  `--window-size-chars=NxM` and desktop scaling factors
+  ([#1446][1446]).
 
 [1423]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1423
 [1431]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1431
 [1430]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1430
 [1444]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1444
 [1441]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1441
+[1446]: https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot/issues/1446
 
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 893b461a..5c6eeb92 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -3933,22 +3933,9 @@ maybe_resize(struct terminal *term, int width, int height, bool force)
                 width += 2 * term->conf->pad_x * scale;
                 height += 2 * term->conf->pad_y * scale;
 
-                /*
-                 * Ensure we can scale to logical size, and back to
-                 * pixels without truncating.
-                 */
-                if (!term_fractional_scaling(term)) {
-                    xassert((int)ceilf(scale) == (int)scale);
-
-                    int iscale = scale;
-                    if (width % iscale)
-                        width += iscale - width % iscale;
-                    if (height % iscale)
-                        height += iscale - height % iscale;
-
-                    xassert(width % iscale == 0);
-                    xassert(height % iscale == 0);
-                }
+                /* Ensure width/height is a valid multiple of scale */
+                width = roundf(scale * roundf(width / scale));
+                height = roundf(scale * roundf(height / scale));
                 break;
             }
         }