diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Internal/Scaling/RootScale.mux.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Internal/Scaling/RootScale.mux.cs
index 734fc97062f3..045d6a7fcab4 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Internal/Scaling/RootScale.mux.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Internal/Scaling/RootScale.mux.cs
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ private void ApplyScale(bool scaleChanged)
 
 		if (scaleChanged)
 		{
+			// TODO Uno: This should not be done here
+			VisualTree.ContentRoot.CompositionTarget.OnRasterizationScaleChanged(GetEffectiveRasterizationScale());
+
 			// TODO Uno: Reload images on scale change!
 			//foreach (var displayListener in _displayListeners)
 			//{
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Media/CompositionTarget.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Media/CompositionTarget.cs
index b4367d41cead..49a7a0fb45e8 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Media/CompositionTarget.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Media/CompositionTarget.cs
@@ -10,15 +10,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media;
 public partial class CompositionTarget : ICompositionTarget
 {
 	private Visual _root;
-	private double _rasterizationScale;
+	private double? _rasterizationScale;
 	private EventHandler _rasterizationScaleChanged;
 
 	internal CompositionTarget(ContentRoot contentRoot)
 	{
 		ContentRoot = contentRoot;
-		var xamlRoot = contentRoot.GetOrCreateXamlRoot();
-		_rasterizationScale = xamlRoot.RasterizationScale;
-		xamlRoot.Changed += XamlRoot_Changed;
 	}
 
 	event EventHandler ICompositionTarget.RasterizationScaleChanged
@@ -39,7 +36,7 @@ internal Visual Root
 		}
 	}
 
-	double ICompositionTarget.RasterizationScale => _rasterizationScale;
+	double ICompositionTarget.RasterizationScale => _rasterizationScale ?? 1.0;
 
 	public static Compositor GetCompositorForCurrentThread() => Compositor.GetSharedCompositor();
 
@@ -50,12 +47,9 @@ void ICompositionTarget.TryRedirectForManipulation(PointerPoint pointerPoint, In
 #endif
 	}
 
-	private void XamlRoot_Changed(XamlRoot sender, XamlRootChangedEventArgs args)
+	internal void OnRasterizationScaleChanged(double rasterizationScale)
 	{
-		if (ContentRoot.XamlRoot.RasterizationScale != _rasterizationScale)
-		{
-			_rasterizationScale = ContentRoot.XamlRoot.RasterizationScale;
-			_rasterizationScaleChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
-		}
+		_rasterizationScale = rasterizationScale;
+		_rasterizationScaleChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
 	}
 }