diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs
index 3a4a37c8cc..6350bd7190 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/OsuSelectionHandler.cs
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Edit
         private void scaleSlider(Slider slider, Vector2 scale)
         {
             Quad sliderQuad = getSurroundingQuad(slider.Path.ControlPoints.Select(p => p.Position.Value));
+
+            // Limit minimum distance between control points  after scaling to almost 0. Less than 0 causes the slider to flip, exactly 0 causes a crash through division by 0.
+            scale = Vector2.ComponentMax(new Vector2(Precision.FLOAT_EPSILON), sliderQuad.Size + scale) - sliderQuad.Size;
+
             Vector2 pathRelativeDeltaScale = new Vector2(1 + scale.X / sliderQuad.Width, 1 + scale.Y / sliderQuad.Height);
 
             Queue<Vector2> oldControlPoints = new Queue<Vector2>();