diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 7c7a1b553a..0ff965905f 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -533,8 +533,8 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getScaleFromResolution = function (resolution, units) {
         units = "degrees";
     }
 
-    var scale = 1 / (resolution * OpenLayers.INCHES_PER_UNIT[units]
-                                    * OpenLayers.DOTS_PER_INCH);
+    var scale = resolution * OpenLayers.INCHES_PER_UNIT[units] *
+                    OpenLayers.DOTS_PER_INCH;
     return scale;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/test_Util.html b/tests/test_Util.html
index 5e98da912c..ab4c5e16e8 100644
--- a/tests/test_Util.html
+++ b/tests/test_Util.html
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
         resolution = OpenLayers.Util.getResolutionFromScale(scale);
         t.eq(resolution.toFixed(6), "0.476217", "Calculated correct resolution for " + scale);
 
-        scale = 1/150000000; 
+        scale = 150000000; 
         resolution = OpenLayers.Util.getResolutionFromScale(scale);
         t.eq(OpenLayers.Util.getScaleFromResolution(resolution), scale, "scale->resolution->scale works");
     }