diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 56ae54e9a..b81eac2b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Fixed
 - Initial battery level percentage (#19160)
 - Berry SK6812_GRBW crash (#19166)
+- Fade would fail when the difference between start and target would be too small
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_04_light.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_04_light.ino
index f4b27dd10..6599fde21 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_04_light.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_04_light.ino
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ bool LightApplyFade(void) {   // did the value chanegd and needs to be applied
       Light.fade_duration = LightGetSpeedSetting() * 500;
       Light.speed_once_enabled = false; // The once off speed value has been read, reset it
       if (!Settings->flag5.fade_fixed_duration) {
-        Light.fade_duration = (distance * Light.fade_duration) / 1023;    // time is proportional to distance, except with SO117
+        Light.fade_duration = (distance * Light.fade_duration) / 1023 + 1 /* make sure value is not zero */;    // time is proportional to distance, except with SO117
       }
       if (Settings->save_data) {
         // Also postpone the save_data for the duration of the Fade (in seconds)