diff --git a/plugins/pathshapes/enhancedpath/EnhancedPathShape.cpp b/plugins/pathshapes/enhancedpath/EnhancedPathShape.cpp
--- a/plugins/pathshapes/enhancedpath/EnhancedPathShape.cpp
+++ b/plugins/pathshapes/enhancedpath/EnhancedPathShape.cpp
@@ -449,8 +449,10 @@
         // save the right size so that when loading we fit the viewbox
         // to the right size without getting any wrong scaling
         // -> calculate the right size from the current size/viewbound ratio
-        context.xmlWriter().addAttributePt("svg:width", currentSize.width() == 0 ? 0 : m_viewBox.width()*currentSize.width()/m_viewBound.width());
-        context.xmlWriter().addAttributePt("svg:height", currentSize.height() == 0 ? 0 : m_viewBox.height()*currentSize.height()/m_viewBound.height());
+        const QSizeF contentSize = currentSize.boundedTo(m_viewBox.size());
+        const QSizeF scaledSize = currentSize.scaled(contentSize, Qt::KeepAspectRatio);
+        context.xmlWriter().addAttributePt("svg:width", scaledSize.width());
+        context.xmlWriter().addAttributePt("svg:height", scaledSize.height());
 
         saveText(context);