diff --git a/poppler/CairoOutputDev.cc b/poppler/CairoOutputDev.cc
index 26b8010..f5e5c9a 100644
--- a/poppler/CairoOutputDev.cc
+++ b/poppler/CairoOutputDev.cc
@@ -1609,6 +1609,9 @@ void CairoOutputDev::drawImage(GfxState *state, Object *ref, Stream *str,
   cairo_matrix_t matrix;
   int is_identity_transform;
   
+  if (width == 1 && height == 1)
+	return;
+  
   buffer = (unsigned char *)gmalloc (width * height * 4);
 
   /* TODO: Do we want to cache these? */