diff --git a/generators/djvu/kdjvu.cpp b/generators/djvu/kdjvu.cpp
index 210550729ce7d306d93d2013528a6f2dd0795b83..36ae46b19443631354133ebcf347868855650b38 100644
--- a/generators/djvu/kdjvu.cpp
+++ b/generators/djvu/kdjvu.cpp
@@ -494,6 +494,10 @@ QImage KDjVu::Private::generateImageTile( ddjvu_page_t *djvupage, int& res,
     ddjvu_page_get_width( djvupage );
     res = ddjvu_page_render( djvupage, DDJVU_RENDER_COLOR,
                   &pagerect, &renderrect, m_format, res_img.bytesPerLine(), (char *)res_img.bits() );
+    if (!res)
+    {
+        res_img.fill(Qt::white);
+    }
 #ifdef KDJVU_DEBUG
     qDebug() << "rendering result:" << res;
 #endif