diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_node/drawnode.c b/source/blender/editors/space_node/drawnode.c
index 06528727e72..4d3876068b6 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_node/drawnode.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_node/drawnode.c
@@ -2964,7 +2964,7 @@ void draw_nodespace_back_pix(const bContext *C, ARegion *ar, SpaceNode *snode)
 					glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 					glPixelZoom(snode->zoom, snode->zoom);
 					
-					glaDrawPixelsAuto(x, y, ibuf->x, ibuf->y, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GL_LINEAR, display_buffer);
+					glaDrawPixelsAuto(x, y, ibuf->x, ibuf->y, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GL_NEAREST, display_buffer);
 					
 					glPixelZoom(1.0f, 1.0f);
 					glDisable(GL_BLEND);
@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ void draw_nodespace_back_pix(const bContext *C, ARegion *ar, SpaceNode *snode)
 				else {
 					glPixelZoom(snode->zoom, snode->zoom);
 
-					glaDrawPixelsAuto(x, y, ibuf->x, ibuf->y, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GL_LINEAR, display_buffer);
+					glaDrawPixelsAuto(x, y, ibuf->x, ibuf->y, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, GL_NEAREST, display_buffer);
 					
 					glPixelZoom(1.0f, 1.0f);
 				}