diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h
index 8a8eacc952..9e7823c8d3 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Include/GradientSignal/GradientSampler.h
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ namespace GradientSignal
         //apply transform if set
         if (m_enableTransform && GradientSamplerUtil::AreTransformParamsSet(*this))
         {
-            const AZ::Transform transform =
-                AZ::Transform::CreateTranslation(m_translate) *
-                AZ::ConvertEulerDegreesToTransform(m_rotate) *
-                AZ::Transform::CreateScale(m_scale);
+            AZ::Matrix3x4 matrix3x4;
+            matrix3x4.SetFromEulerDegrees(m_rotate);
+            matrix3x4.MultiplyByScale(m_scale);
+            matrix3x4.SetTranslation(m_translate);
 
-            sampleParamsTransformed.m_position = transform.TransformPoint(sampleParamsTransformed.m_position);
+            sampleParamsTransformed.m_position = matrix3x4 * sampleParamsTransformed.m_position;
         }
 
         float output = 0.0f;
diff --git a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/GradientTransformComponent.cpp b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/GradientTransformComponent.cpp
index 336f428582..a2d979313e 100644
--- a/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/GradientTransformComponent.cpp
+++ b/Gems/GradientSignal/Code/Source/Components/GradientTransformComponent.cpp
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ namespace GradientSignal
 
         if (!m_configuration.m_advancedMode || !m_configuration.m_overrideScale)
         {
-            m_configuration.m_scale = shapeTransform.GetScale();
+            m_configuration.m_scale = AZ::Vector3(shapeTransform.GetUniformScale());
         }
 
         //rebuild bounds from parameters