diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rect.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rect.cs
index 8dadaa3b0f..d1110e0613 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rect.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rect.cs
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ namespace Avalonia
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-		/// Normalizes the rectangle so both the <see cref="Width"/> and <see cref="Height"/> are positive, without changing the location of the rectangle
+		/// Normalizes the rectangle so both the <see cref="Width"/> and <see 
+        /// cref="Height"/> are positive, without changing the location of the rectangle
 		/// </summary>
         /// <returns>Normalized Rect</returns>
 		/// <remarks>
@@ -431,24 +432,25 @@ namespace Avalonia
         {
             Rect rect = this;            
 
-            if(double.IsNaN(rect.Right) || double.IsNaN(rect.Bottom) || double.IsNaN(rect.X) || double.IsNaN(rect.Y) || double.IsNaN(Height) || double.IsNaN(Width))
+            if(double.IsNaN(rect.Right) || double.IsNaN(rect.Bottom) || 
+                double.IsNaN(rect.X) || double.IsNaN(rect.Y) || 
+                double.IsNaN(Height) || double.IsNaN(Width))
             {
                 return Rect.Empty;
             }
 
             if (rect.Width < 0)
             {
-                var old = X;
                 var x = X + Width;
-                var width = old - x;
+                var width = X - x;
 
                 rect = rect.WithX(x).WithWidth(width);
             }
+
             if (rect.Height < 0)
             {
-                var old = Y;
                 var y = Y + Height;
-                var height = old - y;
+                var height = Y - y;
 
                 rect = rect.WithY(y).WithHeight(height);
             }
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rendering/SceneGraph/DrawOperation.cs b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rendering/SceneGraph/DrawOperation.cs
index 38df0cb289..c49e7705e0 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rendering/SceneGraph/DrawOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Visuals/Rendering/SceneGraph/DrawOperation.cs
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Rendering.SceneGraph
     {
         public DrawOperation(Rect bounds, Matrix transform)
         {
-            bounds = bounds.Normalize();
-
-            bounds = bounds.TransformToAABB(transform);
+            bounds = bounds.Normalize().TransformToAABB(transform);
 
             Bounds = new Rect(
                 new Point(Math.Floor(bounds.X), Math.Floor(bounds.Y)),
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Visuals.UnitTests/RectTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Visuals.UnitTests/RectTests.cs
index 89800e41bf..a2b0569949 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Visuals.UnitTests/RectTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Visuals.UnitTests/RectTests.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ namespace Avalonia.Visuals.UnitTests
         [Fact]
         public void Normalize_Should_Make_Invalid_Rects_Empty()
         {
-            var result = new Rect(double.NegativeInfinity,double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity).Normalize();
+            var result = new Rect(
+                double.NegativeInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity, 
+                double.PositiveInfinity, double.PositiveInfinity)
+                .Normalize();
 
             Assert.Equal(Rect.Empty, result);
         }