diff --git a/poppler/SplashOutputDev.cc b/poppler/SplashOutputDev.cc
index 6f2d4d6..7de30ba 100644
--- a/poppler/SplashOutputDev.cc
+++ b/poppler/SplashOutputDev.cc
@@ -4192,17 +4192,18 @@ GBool SplashOutputDev::tilingPatternFill(GfxState *state, Gfx *gfx1, Catalog *ca
 
   bitmap = new SplashBitmap(surface_width, surface_height, 1,
                             (paintType == 1) ? colorMode : splashModeMono8, gTrue);
-  memset(bitmap->getAlphaPtr(), 0, bitmap->getWidth() * bitmap->getHeight());
+  splash = new Splash(bitmap, gTrue);
   if (paintType == 2) {
+    SplashColor clearColor;
 #if SPLASH_CMYK
-    memset(bitmap->getDataPtr(), 
-      (colorMode == splashModeCMYK8 || colorMode == splashModeDeviceN8) ? 0x00 : 0xFF, 
-      bitmap->getRowSize() * bitmap->getHeight());
+    clearColor[0] = (colorMode == splashModeCMYK8 || colorMode == splashModeDeviceN8) ? 0x00 : 0xFF;
 #else
-    memset(bitmap->getDataPtr(), 0xFF, bitmap->getRowSize() * bitmap->getHeight());
+    clearColor[0] = 0xFF;
 #endif
+    splash->clear(clearColor, 0);
+  } else {
+    splash->clear(paperColor, 0);
   }
-  splash = new Splash(bitmap, gTrue);
   splash->setMinLineWidth(globalParams->getMinLineWidth());
 
   box.x1 = bbox[0]; box.y1 = bbox[1];