diff --git a/components/lazcontrols/lvlgraphctrl.pas b/components/lazcontrols/lvlgraphctrl.pas
index 86269d7933..5896683a8f 100644
--- a/components/lazcontrols/lvlgraphctrl.pas
+++ b/components/lazcontrols/lvlgraphctrl.pas
@@ -2639,6 +2639,8 @@ begin
   FImageChangeLink := TChangeLink.Create;
   FImageChangeLink.OnChange:=@ImageListChange;
   ShowHint:=true;
+  with GetControlClassDefaultSize do
+    SetInitialBounds(0, 0, CX, CY);
 end;
 
 destructor TCustomLvlGraphControl.Destroy;