diff --git a/rtengine/improccoordinator.cc b/rtengine/improccoordinator.cc
index 9eb7043d1..8d377d30c 100644
--- a/rtengine/improccoordinator.cc
+++ b/rtengine/improccoordinator.cc
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ void ImProcCoordinator::updatePreviewImage(int todo, bool panningRelatedChange)
         // Remove transformation if unneeded
         bool needstransform = ipf.needsTransform(fw, fh, imgsrc->getRotateDegree(), imgsrc->getMetaData());
 
+
         if ((needstransform || ((todo & (M_TRANSFORM | M_RGBCURVE))  && params->dirpyrequalizer.cbdlMethod == "bef" && params->dirpyrequalizer.enabled && !params->colorappearance.enabled))) {
             // Forking the image
             assert(oprevi);
@@ -745,6 +746,14 @@ void ImProcCoordinator::updatePreviewImage(int todo, bool panningRelatedChange)
             }
         }
 
+        for (int sp = 0; sp < (int)params->locallab.spots.size(); sp++) {
+			if(params->locallab.spots.at(sp).expsharp  && params->dirpyrequalizer.cbdlMethod == "bef") {
+				if(params->locallab.spots.at(sp).shardamping < 1) {
+					params->locallab.spots.at(sp).shardamping = 1;
+				}				
+			}
+		}
+
         if ((todo & (M_TRANSFORM | M_RGBCURVE))  && params->dirpyrequalizer.cbdlMethod == "bef" && params->dirpyrequalizer.enabled && !params->colorappearance.enabled) {
             const int W = oprevi->getWidth();
             const int H = oprevi->getHeight();
diff --git a/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc b/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc
index 6e75635cf..c542cf726 100644
--- a/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc
+++ b/rtengine/simpleprocess.cc
@@ -924,6 +924,14 @@ private:
         //ImProcFunctions ipf (&params, true);
         ImProcFunctions &ipf = * (ipf_p.get());
 
+        for (int sp = 0; sp < (int)params.locallab.spots.size(); sp++) {
+			if(params.locallab.spots.at(sp).expsharp  && params.dirpyrequalizer.cbdlMethod == "bef") {
+				if(params.locallab.spots.at(sp).shardamping < 1) {
+					params.locallab.spots.at(sp).shardamping = 1;
+				}				
+			}
+		}
+
         if (params.dirpyrequalizer.cbdlMethod == "bef" && params.dirpyrequalizer.enabled && !params.colorappearance.enabled) {
             const int W = baseImg->getWidth();
             const int H = baseImg->getHeight();