diff --git a/src/k_kart.c b/src/k_kart.c
index 2cb8a7a1..a47c3b52 100644
--- a/src/k_kart.c
+++ b/src/k_kart.c
@@ -5065,8 +5065,8 @@ static void K_KartDrift(player_t *player, boolean onground)
 	// Grown players taking yellow spring panels will go below minspeed for one tic,
 	// and will then wrongdrift or have their sparks removed because of this.
 	// This fixes this problem.
-	if (player->kartstuff[k_pogospring] == 2 && player->mo->scale > FRACUNIT)
-		minspeed = (10<<FRACBITS);
+	if (player->kartstuff[k_pogospring] == 2 && player->mo->scale > mapobjectscale)
+		minspeed = FixedMul(10<<FRACBITS, mapobjectscale);
 
 	INT32 dsone = K_GetKartDriftSparkValue(player);
 	INT32 dstwo = dsone*2;