diff --git a/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc b/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc
index a01a4b3..8a8241b 100644
--- a/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc
+++ b/poppler/PSOutputDev.cc
@@ -3521,6 +3521,7 @@ void PSOutputDev::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state) {
     saveState(NULL);
   }
 
+  xScale = yScale = 1;
   switch (mode) {
 
   case psModePSOrigPageSizes:
@@ -3694,7 +3695,6 @@ void PSOutputDev::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state) {
     if (tx != 0 || ty != 0) {
       writePSFmt("{0:.6g} {1:.6g} translate\n", tx, ty);
     }
-    xScale = yScale = 1;
     break;
 
   case psModeForm:
@@ -3702,7 +3702,6 @@ void PSOutputDev::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state) {
     writePS("begin xpdf begin\n");
     writePS("pdfStartPage\n");
     tx = ty = 0;
-    xScale = yScale = 1;
     rotate = 0;
     break;
   }