diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp
index 17001b17558..9d5d144e12c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/abstractformeditortool.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ bool AbstractFormEditorTool::selectedItemCursorInMovableArea(const QPointF &pos)
     QRectF innerRect = boundingRect;
 
     innerRect.adjust(2, 2, -2, -2);
-    boundingRect.adjust(-2, -20, 2, 2);
+    const int heightOffset = -20 / scene()->formLayerItem()->viewportTransform().m11();
+    boundingRect.adjust(-2, heightOffset, 2, 2);
 
     return !innerRect.contains(pos) && boundingRect.contains(pos);
 }