diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2902429197..2a5850e971 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-11-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
+
+	Bug 560283 – "Scale image..." causes distortion around edges.
+
+	* app/paint-funcs/scale-region.c (scale): corrected fix for
+	bug #556248.
+
 2008-11-11  Sven Neumann  <sven@gimp.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/file-pdf.c: also return image type and number of
diff --git a/app/paint-funcs/scale-region.c b/app/paint-funcs/scale-region.c
index 90fa1cd2ca..bd4c131e18 100644
--- a/app/paint-funcs/scale-region.c
+++ b/app/paint-funcs/scale-region.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ scale (TileManager           *srcTM,
       for (y = region.y; y < y1; y++)
         {
           guchar  *pixel = row;
-          gdouble  yfrac = y * scaley + 0.5;
+          gdouble  yfrac = (y + 0.5) * scaley - 0.5;
           gint     sy    = (gint) yfrac;
           gint     x;
 
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ scale (TileManager           *srcTM,
 
           for (x = region.x; x < x1; x++)
             {
-              gdouble xfrac = x * scalex + 0.5;
+              gdouble xfrac = (x + 0.5) * scalex - 0.5;
               gint    sx    = (gint) xfrac;
 
               xfrac = xfrac - sx;