diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/from_html.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/from_html.py
index 2fcd82ff3c..c8255ac5eb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/from_html.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/pdf/render/from_html.py
@@ -443,7 +443,6 @@ class ImagePDFWriter(object):
                               tags=pdf_metadata.tags, mi=pdf_metadata.mi)
         self.doc_title = pdf_metadata.title
         self.doc_author = pdf_metadata.author
-        page_rect = QRect(*self.doc.full_page_rect)
 
         for imgpath in items:
             self.log.debug('Processing %s...' % imgpath)
@@ -452,7 +451,7 @@ class ImagePDFWriter(object):
             with lopen(imgpath, 'rb') as f:
                 if not p.loadFromData(f.read()):
                     raise ValueError('Could not read image from: {}'.format(imgpath))
-            draw_image_page(page_rect,
+            draw_image_page(QRect(*self.doc.full_page_rect),
                     self.painter, p,
                     preserve_aspect_ratio=True)
             self.doc.end_page()