diff --git a/crates/gpui_windows/src/display.rs b/crates/gpui_windows/src/display.rs
index bb75bf7dd5..ee02309d8c 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_windows/src/display.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_windows/src/display.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ impl WindowsDisplay {
         WindowsDisplay::new(Self::display_id_for_monitor(monitor))
     }
 
+    /// The DPI scale factor of this monitor, independent of whatever monitor
+    /// a not-yet-positioned window currently happens to be on.
+    pub(crate) fn scale_factor(&self) -> f32 {
+        self.scale_factor
+    }
+
     /// Check if the center point of given bounds is inside this monitor
     pub fn check_given_bounds(&self, bounds: Bounds<Pixels>) -> bool {
         let center = bounds.center();
diff --git a/crates/gpui_windows/src/window.rs b/crates/gpui_windows/src/window.rs
index d81efacc8c..37e9d9a176 100644
--- a/crates/gpui_windows/src/window.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui_windows/src/window.rs
@@ -552,13 +552,8 @@ impl WindowsWindow {
         set_non_rude_hwnd(hwnd, true);
         configure_dwm_dark_mode(hwnd, appearance);
         this.state.border_offset.update(hwnd)?;
-        let placement = retrieve_window_placement(
-            hwnd,
-            display,
-            params.bounds,
-            this.state.scale_factor.get(),
-            &this.state.border_offset,
-        )?;
+        let placement =
+            retrieve_window_placement(hwnd, display, params.bounds, &this.state.border_offset)?;
         if params.show {
             let mut placement = placement;
             if !params.focus {
@@ -1528,7 +1523,6 @@ fn retrieve_window_placement(
     hwnd: HWND,
     display: WindowsDisplay,
     initial_bounds: Bounds<Pixels>,
-    scale_factor: f32,
     border_offset: &WindowBorderOffset,
 ) -> Result<WINDOWPLACEMENT> {
     let mut placement = WINDOWPLACEMENT {
@@ -1542,7 +1536,14 @@ fn retrieve_window_placement(
     } else {
         display.default_bounds()
     };
-    let bounds = bounds.to_device_pixels(scale_factor);
+    // `bounds` is expressed in logical pixels for `display`, so it must be converted
+    // to device pixels using that display's own scale factor. The window's current
+    // scale factor can't be used here: `CreateWindowExW` was called with
+    // `CW_USEDEFAULT`, so at this point the window may still be sitting on whichever
+    // monitor Windows picked by default, which can have a different DPI than `display`
+    // and would otherwise throw off the physical position (e.g. leaving the window
+    // partially off-screen when moved to a monitor with a different scale factor).
+    let bounds = bounds.to_device_pixels(display.scale_factor());
     placement.rcNormalPosition = calculate_window_rect(bounds, border_offset);
     Ok(placement)
 }