diff --git a/src/ui/linechart/IncrementalPlot.cc b/src/ui/linechart/IncrementalPlot.cc
index 4b90fcf9febfde09d639cf72aa7a292e0e01c0f3..d227105c4978e76e162b424b175fa49ee600853a 100644
--- a/src/ui/linechart/IncrementalPlot.cc
+++ b/src/ui/linechart/IncrementalPlot.cc
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ void IncrementalPlot::resetScaling()
 void IncrementalPlot::updateScale()
 {
     const double margin = 0.05;
+    if(xmin == DBL_MAX)
+        return;
+
     double xMinRange = xmin-(qAbs(xmin*margin));
     double xMaxRange = xmax+(qAbs(xmax*margin));
     double yMinRange = ymin-(qAbs(ymin*margin));