diff --git a/include/wx/image.h b/include/wx/image.h
index 4ca8379f80..575b96b362 100644
--- a/include/wx/image.h
+++ b/include/wx/image.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ enum wxImageResizeQuality
     wxIMAGE_QUALITY_NORMAL = wxIMAGE_QUALITY_NEAREST,
 
     // highest (but best) quality
-    wxIMAGE_QUALITY_HIGH
+    wxIMAGE_QUALITY_HIGH = 4
 };
 
 // alpha channel values: fully transparent, default threshold separating
diff --git a/src/common/image.cpp b/src/common/image.cpp
index 66caa08174..5131342a36 100644
--- a/src/common/image.cpp
+++ b/src/common/image.cpp
@@ -443,13 +443,6 @@ wxImage::Scale( int width, int height, wxImageResizeQuality quality ) const
     if ( old_width == width && old_height == height )
         return *this;
 
-    if (quality == wxIMAGE_QUALITY_HIGH)
-    {
-        quality = (width < old_width && height < old_height)
-            ? wxIMAGE_QUALITY_BOX_AVERAGE
-            : wxIMAGE_QUALITY_BICUBIC;
-    }
-
     // Resample the image using the method as specified.
     switch ( quality )
     {
@@ -474,6 +467,12 @@ wxImage::Scale( int width, int height, wxImageResizeQuality quality ) const
         case wxIMAGE_QUALITY_BOX_AVERAGE:
             image = ResampleBox(width, height);
             break;
+
+        case wxIMAGE_QUALITY_HIGH:
+            image = width < old_width && height < old_height
+                        ? ResampleBox(width, height)
+                        : ResampleBicubic(width, height);
+            break;
     }
 
     // If the original image has a mask, apply the mask to the new image