diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinSelectionHandler.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinSelectionHandler.cs
index 99bd22c0bf..9cca0ba2c7 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinSelectionHandler.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinSelectionHandler.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning.Editor
             // the selection quad is always upright, so use an AABB rect to make mutating the values easier.
             var selectionRect = getSelectionQuad().AABBFloat;
 
+            // If the selection has no area we cannot scale it
+            if (selectionRect.Area == 0)
+                return false;
+
             // copy to mutate, as we will need to compare to the original later on.
             var adjustedRect = selectionRect;