diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/window.rs b/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
index d4465cdaee6c01d20e63b241844e76ccdd29f36d..ac3996b8e375db8b2ed4bc06a5fe1b9f4409a5a2 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/window.rs
@@ -724,6 +724,7 @@ pub(crate) struct DeferredDraw {
     parent_node: DispatchNodeId,
     element_id_stack: SmallVec<[ElementId; 32]>,
     text_style_stack: Vec<TextStyleRefinement>,
+    rem_size: Pixels,
     element: Option<AnyElement>,
     absolute_offset: Point<Pixels>,
     prepaint_range: Range<PrepaintStateIndex>,
@@ -2408,8 +2409,13 @@ impl Window {
             let prepaint_start = self.prepaint_index();
             if let Some(element) = deferred_draw.element.as_mut() {
                 self.with_rendered_view(deferred_draw.current_view, |window| {
-                    window.with_absolute_element_offset(deferred_draw.absolute_offset, |window| {
-                        element.prepaint(window, cx)
+                    window.with_rem_size(Some(deferred_draw.rem_size), |window| {
+                        window.with_absolute_element_offset(
+                            deferred_draw.absolute_offset,
+                            |window| {
+                                element.prepaint(window, cx);
+                            },
+                        );
                     });
                 })
             } else {
@@ -2443,7 +2449,9 @@ impl Window {
             let paint_start = self.paint_index();
             if let Some(element) = deferred_draw.element.as_mut() {
                 self.with_rendered_view(deferred_draw.current_view, |window| {
-                    element.paint(window, cx);
+                    window.with_rem_size(Some(deferred_draw.rem_size), |window| {
+                        element.paint(window, cx);
+                    })
                 })
             } else {
                 self.reuse_paint(deferred_draw.paint_range.clone());
@@ -2506,6 +2514,7 @@ impl Window {
                     parent_node: reused_subtree.refresh_node_id(deferred_draw.parent_node),
                     element_id_stack: deferred_draw.element_id_stack.clone(),
                     text_style_stack: deferred_draw.text_style_stack.clone(),
+                    rem_size: deferred_draw.rem_size,
                     priority: deferred_draw.priority,
                     element: None,
                     absolute_offset: deferred_draw.absolute_offset,
@@ -3007,6 +3016,7 @@ impl Window {
             parent_node,
             element_id_stack: self.element_id_stack.clone(),
             text_style_stack: self.text_style_stack.clone(),
+            rem_size: self.rem_size(),
             priority,
             element: Some(element),
             absolute_offset,