diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c
index e8ff2ccc1af..92eb6ea03e2 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/font.c
@@ -1501,9 +1501,9 @@ static bool vfont_to_curve(Object *ob,
       }
       else if (tb_scale.h == 0.0f) {
         /* This is a horizontal overflow. */
-        if (lnr > 1) {
+        if (longest_line_length != 0.0f) {
           /* We make sure longest line before it broke can fit here. */
-          float scale_to_fit = tb_scale.w / (longest_line_length);
+          float scale_to_fit = tb_scale.w / longest_line_length;
           scale_to_fit -= FLT_EPSILON;
 
           iter_data->scale_to_fit = scale_to_fit;