diff --git a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp
index 880423ca3b..22d3fb3001 100644
--- a/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/painting/qpaintengineex.cpp
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ bool QPaintEngineEx::shouldDrawCachedGlyphs(QFontEngine *fontEngine, const QTran
     }(), 2);
 
     qreal pixelSize = fontEngine->fontDef.pixelSize;
-    return (pixelSize * pixelSize * qAbs(m.determinant())) < maxCachedGlyphSizeSquared;
+    return (pixelSize * pixelSize * qAbs(m.determinant())) <= maxCachedGlyphSizeSquared;
 }
 
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp
index 7b4f6aa107..654a603bce 100644
--- a/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp
+++ b/src/platformsupport/fontdatabases/freetype/qfontengine_ft.cpp
@@ -1556,7 +1556,7 @@ QFontEngineFT::QGlyphSet *QFontEngineFT::loadGlyphSet(const QTransform &matrix)
         gs = &transformedGlyphSets[0];
         gs->clear();
         gs->transformationMatrix = m;
-        gs->outline_drawing = fontDef.pixelSize * fontDef.pixelSize * qAbs(matrix.det()) >= QT_MAX_CACHED_GLYPH_SIZE * QT_MAX_CACHED_GLYPH_SIZE;
+        gs->outline_drawing = fontDef.pixelSize * fontDef.pixelSize * qAbs(matrix.det()) > QT_MAX_CACHED_GLYPH_SIZE * QT_MAX_CACHED_GLYPH_SIZE;
     }
     Q_ASSERT(gs != 0);