diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PShapeOpenGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PShapeOpenGL.java
index fcf5fa71c..1f4e8be6f 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PShapeOpenGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PShapeOpenGL.java
@@ -1397,6 +1397,7 @@ public class PShapeOpenGL extends PShape {
       } else {
         transform.scale(args[0], args[1]);
         PGraphicsOpenGL.invScale((PMatrix2D)transformInv, args[0], args[1]);
+        tessellated = false; // Quick fix for https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/217
       }
       break;
     case MATRIX: