diff --git a/src/core/core.controller.js b/src/core/core.controller.js
index e1ce13e30..89071b55c 100644
--- a/src/core/core.controller.js
+++ b/src/core/core.controller.js
@@ -246,19 +246,14 @@ class Chart {
     const canvas = me.canvas;
     const aspectRatio = options.maintainAspectRatio && me.aspectRatio;
     const newSize = me.platform.getMaximumSize(canvas, width, height, aspectRatio);
-
-    // detect devicePixelRation changes
-    const oldRatio = me.currentDevicePixelRatio;
     const newRatio = options.devicePixelRatio || me.platform.getDevicePixelRatio();
 
-    if (me.width === newSize.width && me.height === newSize.height && oldRatio === newRatio) {
-      return;
-    }
-
     me.width = newSize.width;
     me.height = newSize.height;
     me._aspectRatio = me.aspectRatio;
-    retinaScale(me, newRatio, true);
+    if (!retinaScale(me, newRatio, true)) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     me.notifyPlugins('resize', {size: newSize});
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/helpers.dom.js b/src/helpers/helpers.dom.js
index db0fe3fc8..750af3907 100644
--- a/src/helpers/helpers.dom.js
+++ b/src/helpers/helpers.dom.js
@@ -150,21 +150,40 @@ export function getMaximumSize(canvas, bbWidth, bbHeight, aspectRatio) {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * @param {import('../core/core.controller').default} chart
+ * @param {number} [forceRatio]
+ * @param {boolean} [forceStyle]
+ * @returns {boolean} True if the canvas context size or transformation has changed.
+ */
 export function retinaScale(chart, forceRatio, forceStyle) {
-  const pixelRatio = chart.currentDevicePixelRatio = forceRatio || 1;
-  const {canvas, width, height} = chart;
+  const pixelRatio = forceRatio || 1;
+  const deviceHeight = Math.floor(chart.height * pixelRatio);
+  const deviceWidth = Math.floor(chart.width * pixelRatio);
 
-  canvas.height = height * pixelRatio;
-  canvas.width = width * pixelRatio;
-  chart.ctx.setTransform(pixelRatio, 0, 0, pixelRatio, 0, 0);
+  chart.height = deviceHeight / pixelRatio;
+  chart.width = deviceWidth / pixelRatio;
+
+  const canvas = chart.canvas;
 
   // If no style has been set on the canvas, the render size is used as display size,
   // making the chart visually bigger, so let's enforce it to the "correct" values.
   // See https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/issues/3575
   if (canvas.style && (forceStyle || (!canvas.style.height && !canvas.style.width))) {
-    canvas.style.height = height + 'px';
-    canvas.style.width = width + 'px';
+    canvas.style.height = `${chart.height}px`;
+    canvas.style.width = `${chart.width}px`;
   }
+
+  if (chart.currentDevicePixelRatio !== pixelRatio
+      || canvas.height !== deviceHeight
+      || canvas.width !== deviceWidth) {
+    chart.currentDevicePixelRatio = pixelRatio;
+    canvas.height = deviceHeight;
+    canvas.width = deviceWidth;
+    chart.ctx.setTransform(pixelRatio, 0, 0, pixelRatio, 0, 0);
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
 }
 
 /**