diff --git a/src/scene/light.cpp b/src/scene/light.cpp
index df0d894d4..2cbbfbca4 100644
--- a/src/scene/light.cpp
+++ b/src/scene/light.cpp
@@ -1044,11 +1044,11 @@ void LightManager::device_update_lights(Device *device, DeviceScene *dscene, Sce
       float len_u, len_v;
       float3 axis_u = normalize_len(extentu, &len_u);
       float3 axis_v = normalize_len(extentv, &len_v);
-      float area = len_u * len_v;
+      float area = light->normalize ? len_u * len_v : 1.0f;
       if (light->ellipse) {
         area *= -M_PI_4_F;
       }
-      float invarea = (light->normalize && area != 0.0f) ? 1.0f / area : 1.0f;
+      float invarea = (light->normalize && area != 0.0f) ? 1.0f / area : area;
       float3 dir = light->dir;
 
       /* Clamp angles in (0, 0.1) to 0.1 to prevent zero intensity due to floating-point precision