diff --git a/src/components/main/layout/box.rs b/src/components/main/layout/box.rs
index f745b0148b1..932c788ff00 100644
--- a/src/components/main/layout/box.rs
+++ b/src/components/main/layout/box.rs
@@ -924,9 +924,8 @@ impl Box {
                 let left_box = if left_range.length() > 0 {
                     let new_text_box_info = ScannedTextBoxInfo::new(text_box_info.run.clone(), left_range);
                     let new_metrics = new_text_box_info.run.get().metrics_for_range(&left_range);
-                    let new_text_box = Box::new(self.node, ScannedTextBox(new_text_box_info));
-                    new_text_box.set_size(new_metrics.bounding_box.size);
-                    Some(new_text_box)
+                    Some(self.transform(new_metrics.bounding_box.size,
+                                        ScannedTextBox(new_text_box_info)))
                 } else {
                     None
                 };
@@ -934,9 +933,8 @@ impl Box {
                 let right_box = right_range.map_default(None, |range: Range| {
                     let new_text_box_info = ScannedTextBoxInfo::new(text_box_info.run.clone(), range);
                     let new_metrics = new_text_box_info.run.get().metrics_for_range(&range);
-                    let new_text_box = Box::new(self.node, ScannedTextBox(new_text_box_info));
-                    new_text_box.set_size(new_metrics.bounding_box.size);
-                    Some(new_text_box)
+                    Some(self.transform(new_metrics.bounding_box.size,
+                                        ScannedTextBox(new_text_box_info)))
                 });
 
                 if pieces_processed_count == 1 || left_box.is_none() {