diff --git a/include/sway/tree/container.h b/include/sway/tree/container.h
index d91b3bf1b..d4a42a718 100644
--- a/include/sway/tree/container.h
+++ b/include/sway/tree/container.h
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ int container_count_descendants_of_type(struct sway_container *con,
 
 void container_create_notify(struct sway_container *container);
 
+void container_update_textures_recursive(struct sway_container *con);
+
 void container_damage_whole(struct sway_container *container);
 
 bool container_reap_empty(struct sway_container *con);
diff --git a/sway/desktop/output.c b/sway/desktop/output.c
index cecd300a7..fb52e7b18 100644
--- a/sway/desktop/output.c
+++ b/sway/desktop/output.c
@@ -506,14 +506,10 @@ static void handle_transform(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data) {
 	transaction_commit_dirty();
 }
 
-static void handle_scale_iterator(struct sway_container *view, void *data) {
-	view_update_marks_textures(view->sway_view);
-}
-
 static void handle_scale(struct wl_listener *listener, void *data) {
 	struct sway_output *output = wl_container_of(listener, output, scale);
 	arrange_layers(output);
-	container_descendants(output->swayc, C_VIEW, handle_scale_iterator, NULL);
+	container_update_textures_recursive(output->swayc);
 	arrange_windows(output->swayc);
 	transaction_commit_dirty();
 }
diff --git a/sway/tree/container.c b/sway/tree/container.c
index b7442002c..4e85021de 100644
--- a/sway/tree/container.c
+++ b/sway/tree/container.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void container_create_notify(struct sway_container *container) {
 	}
 }
 
-static void container_update_textures_recursive(struct sway_container *con) {
+void container_update_textures_recursive(struct sway_container *con) {
 	if (con->type == C_CONTAINER || con->type == C_VIEW) {
 		container_update_title_textures(con);
 	}
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ static void container_update_textures_recursive(struct sway_container *con) {
 			struct sway_container *child = con->children->items[i];
 			container_update_textures_recursive(child);
 		}
+
+		if (con->type == C_WORKSPACE) {
+			container_update_textures_recursive(con->sway_workspace->floating);
+		}
 	}
 }