diff --git a/modules/gui/qt4/components/interface_widgets.cpp b/modules/gui/qt4/components/interface_widgets.cpp
index 47c1f6076bd23fbde627a025a35da42d5591f8da..12e9f17992e369ca2cf188239a65ed4586ab6858 100644
--- a/modules/gui/qt4/components/interface_widgets.cpp
+++ b/modules/gui/qt4/components/interface_widgets.cpp
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ void CoverArtLabel::showArtUpdate( const QString& url )
     QPixmap pix;
     if( !url.isEmpty() && pix.load( url ) )
     {
-        pix = pix.scaled( maximumWidth(), maximumHeight(),
+        pix = pix.scaled( minimumWidth(), maximumHeight(),
                           Qt::KeepAspectRatioByExpanding,
                           Qt::SmoothTransformation );
     }