diff --git a/web/viewer.js b/web/viewer.js
index 602750c9f..5ef1218c5 100644
--- a/web/viewer.js
+++ b/web/viewer.js
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ var PDFViewerApplication = {
             store.get('exists', false)) {
           var pageNum = store.get('page', '1');
           var zoom = self.preferenceDefaultZoomValue ||
-                     store.get('zoom', self.pdfViewer.currentScale);
+                     store.get('zoom', DEFAULT_SCALE_VALUE);
           var left = store.get('scrollLeft', '0');
           var top = store.get('scrollTop', '0');