diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Components/FancyDocking.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Components/FancyDocking.cpp
index d73ebbec28..f60a98f392 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Components/FancyDocking.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzQtComponents/AzQtComponents/Components/FancyDocking.cpp
@@ -2461,6 +2461,18 @@ namespace AzQtComponents
                 placeholderRect.translate(0, -margins.bottom());
             }
 
+            // Also adjust the placeholderRect by the relative dpi change from the original screen, since setGeometry uses the screen's
+            // virtualGeometry!
+            QScreen* fromScreen = dock->screen();
+            QScreen* toScreen = Utilities::ScreenAtPoint(placeholderRect.topLeft());
+
+            if (fromScreen != toScreen)
+            {
+                qreal factorRatio = QHighDpiScaling::factor(fromScreen) / QHighDpiScaling::factor(toScreen);
+                placeholderRect.setWidth(aznumeric_cast<int>(aznumeric_cast<qreal>(placeholderRect.width()) * factorRatio));
+                placeholderRect.setHeight(aznumeric_cast<int>(aznumeric_cast<qreal>(placeholderRect.height()) * factorRatio));
+            }
+
             // Place the floating dock widget
             makeDockWidgetFloating(dock, placeholderRect);
             clearDraggingState();