diff --git a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
index 898c50aaed..d6a8514693 100755
--- a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
@@ -828,7 +828,13 @@ void LLPipeline::resizeScreenTexture()
 		GLuint resX = gViewerWindow->getWorldViewWidthRaw();
 		GLuint resY = gViewerWindow->getWorldViewHeightRaw();
 	
-		if ((resX != mScreen.getWidth()) || (resY != mScreen.getHeight()))
+		//<FS:TS> FIRE-11830: RenderResolutionDivisor broken
+		// We need to reallocate the screen buffer even if the size
+		//    hasn't changed, since changing that debug setting only
+		//    resizes the screen texture to itself and depends on the
+		//    side effects. Found by Felis Darwin.
+		//if ((resX != mScreen.getWidth()) || (resY != mScreen.getHeight()))
+		//</FS:TS> FIRE-11830
 		{
 			releaseScreenBuffers();
 		if (!allocateScreenBuffer(resX,resY))