diff --git a/src/state.rs b/src/state.rs
index ce546505..24ccd9e1 100644
--- a/src/state.rs
+++ b/src/state.rs
@@ -956,8 +956,11 @@ impl Common {
                 );
                 if let Some(output) = primary_scanout_output {
                     with_fractional_scale(states, |fraction_scale| {
-                        fraction_scale
-                            .set_preferred_scale(output.current_scale().fractional_scale());
+                        // The 1.0 clamp is a workaround for Chromium
+                        // TODO: remove if Chromium ever gets fixed
+                        fraction_scale.set_preferred_scale(
+                            output.current_scale().fractional_scale().max(1.0),
+                        );
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/wayland/handlers/fractional_scale.rs b/src/wayland/handlers/fractional_scale.rs
index aea0cc7e..dcc8d7f9 100644
--- a/src/wayland/handlers/fractional_scale.rs
+++ b/src/wayland/handlers/fractional_scale.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ impl FractionalScaleHandler for State {
 
         with_states(&surface, |states| {
             with_fractional_scale(states, |fractional_scale| {
-                fractional_scale.set_preferred_scale(output.current_scale().fractional_scale());
+                // The 1.0 clamp is a workaround for Chromium
+                // TODO: remove if Chromium ever gets fixed
+                fractional_scale
+                    .set_preferred_scale(output.current_scale().fractional_scale().max(1.0));
             });
         });
     }