diff --git a/menu/drivers/materialui.c b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
index befa5e43f7..403a08fe97 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/materialui.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/materialui.c
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ static void materialui_draw_tab_begin(
       unsigned width, unsigned height,
       float *tabs_bg_color, float *tabs_separator_color)
 {
-   float scale_factor = menu_display_get_dpi();
+   float scale_factor = menu_display_get_dpi(video_info->width,
+         video_info->height);
 
    mui->tabs_height   = scale_factor / 3;
 
@@ -593,14 +594,15 @@ static unsigned materialui_count_lines(const char *str)
 }
 
 /* Compute the line height for each menu entry. */
-static void materialui_compute_entries_box(materialui_handle_t* mui, int width)
+static void materialui_compute_entries_box(materialui_handle_t* mui, int width,
+      int height)
 {
    unsigned i;
    size_t usable_width       = width - (mui->margin * 2);
    file_list_t *list         = menu_entries_get_selection_buf_ptr(0);
    float sum                 = 0;
    size_t entries_end        = menu_entries_get_size();
-   float scale_factor        = menu_display_get_dpi();
+   float scale_factor        = menu_display_get_dpi(width, height);
 
    for (i = 0; i < entries_end; i++)
    {
@@ -662,7 +664,7 @@ static void materialui_render(void *data,
    if (mui->need_compute)
    {
       if (mui->font)
-         materialui_compute_entries_box(mui, width);
+         materialui_compute_entries_box(mui, width, height);
       mui->need_compute = false;
    }
 
@@ -756,7 +758,8 @@ static void materialui_render_label_value(
    size_t usable_width             = width - (mui->margin * 2);
    int icon_margin                 = 0;
    enum msg_file_type hash_type    = msg_hash_to_file_type(msg_hash_calculate(value));
-   float scale_factor              = menu_display_get_dpi();
+   float scale_factor              = menu_display_get_dpi(video_info->width,
+         video_info->height);
    settings_t *settings            = config_get_ptr();
 
    /* Initial ticker configuration */
@@ -1632,7 +1635,7 @@ static void materialui_layout(materialui_handle_t *mui, bool video_is_threaded)
     *
     * On desktops, we just care about readability, with every widget
     * size proportional to the display width. */
-   scale_factor         = menu_display_get_dpi();
+   scale_factor         = menu_display_get_dpi(width, height);
 
    new_header_height    = scale_factor / 3;
    new_font_size        = scale_factor / 9;
@@ -1682,13 +1685,17 @@ static void materialui_layout(materialui_handle_t *mui, bool video_is_threaded)
 
 static void *materialui_init(void **userdata, bool video_is_threaded)
 {
-   float scale_factor = menu_display_get_dpi();
+   unsigned width, height;
+   float scale_factor         = 0.0f;
    materialui_handle_t   *mui = NULL;
    menu_handle_t *menu = (menu_handle_t*)
       calloc(1, sizeof(*menu));
 
    if (!menu)
-      goto error;
+      return NULL;
+
+   video_driver_get_size(&width, &height);
+   scale_factor = menu_display_get_dpi(width, height);
 
    if (!menu_display_init_first_driver(video_is_threaded))
       goto error;
@@ -2338,6 +2345,7 @@ static void materialui_list_insert(void *userdata,
       unsigned type)
 {
    float scale_factor;
+   unsigned width, height;
    int i                         = (int)list_size;
    materialui_node_t *node       = NULL;
    settings_t *settings          = config_get_ptr();
@@ -2358,7 +2366,8 @@ static void materialui_list_insert(void *userdata,
       return;
    }
 
-   scale_factor                = menu_display_get_dpi();
+   video_driver_get_size(&width, &height);
+   scale_factor                = menu_display_get_dpi(width, height);
 
    node->line_height           = scale_factor / 3;
    node->y                     = 0;
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.c b/menu/menu_driver.c
index 470bf30055..50d2554b1c 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.c
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.c
@@ -685,28 +685,23 @@ void menu_display_unset_framebuffer_dirty_flag(void)
 /* Get the preferred DPI at which to render the menu.
  * NOTE: Only MaterialUI menu driver so far uses this, neither
  * RGUI or XMB use this. */
-float menu_display_get_dpi(void)
+float menu_display_get_dpi(unsigned width, unsigned height)
 {
-   unsigned width, height;
-   settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
-   float            dpi   = 0.0f;
-   float diagonal         = 6.5f;
-
-   video_driver_get_size(&width, &height);
-
-   if (!settings)
-      return true;
-
 #ifdef RARCH_MOBILE
-   diagonal                = 5.0f;
+   float diagonal         = 5.0f;
+#else
+   float diagonal         = 6.5f;
 #endif
-
    /* Generic dpi calculation formula,
     * the divider is the screen diagonal in inches */
-   dpi = sqrt((width * width) + (height * height)) / diagonal;
+   float dpi              = sqrt(
+         (width * width) + (height * height)) / diagonal;
 
-   if (settings->bools.menu_dpi_override_enable)
-      return settings->uints.menu_dpi_override_value;
+   {
+      settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
+      if (settings && settings->bools.menu_dpi_override_enable)
+         return settings->uints.menu_dpi_override_value;
+   }
 
    return dpi;
 }
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.h b/menu/menu_driver.h
index f3148d3994..1c47ab27f3 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.h
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.h
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ void menu_display_unset_viewport(unsigned width, unsigned height);
 bool menu_display_get_framebuffer_dirty_flag(void);
 void menu_display_set_framebuffer_dirty_flag(void);
 void menu_display_unset_framebuffer_dirty_flag(void);
-float menu_display_get_dpi(void);
+float menu_display_get_dpi(unsigned width, unsigned height);
 bool menu_display_init_first_driver(bool video_is_threaded);
 bool menu_display_restore_clear_color(void);
 void menu_display_clear_color(menu_display_ctx_clearcolor_t *color,