diff --git a/app/display/linearmeter/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/extra/widgets/linearmeter/LinearMeterScale.java b/app/display/linearmeter/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/extra/widgets/linearmeter/LinearMeterScale.java
index 6ec302f021..96c8784600 100644
--- a/app/display/linearmeter/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/extra/widgets/linearmeter/LinearMeterScale.java
+++ b/app/display/linearmeter/src/main/java/org/csstudio/display/extra/widgets/linearmeter/LinearMeterScale.java
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ public void configure(int p1x, int p1y, double s)
         this.p1x = p1x;
         this.p1y = p1y;
         this.scale = s;
-        if( Double.compare(this.range.getLow(),0.0) != 0){
-            this.offset = this.range.getLow();
-        }
+        this.offset = this.range.getLow();
 
         dirty_ticks = true;
         requestLayout();