diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
index f219b92c67..c9ae5e8c58 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/html/convert_from.py
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ class HTMLConverter(object, LoggingInterface):
             self.book.append(self.current_page)
             self.current_page = None
         
+        if top not in top.parent.contents: # May have been removed for a cover image
+            top = top.parent.contents[0]
         if not top.has_text() and top.parent.contents.index(top) == len(top.parent.contents)-1:
             # Empty block at the bottom of a page
             opage = top.parent
@@ -1028,6 +1030,8 @@ class HTMLConverter(object, LoggingInterface):
             self.current_para = Paragraph()
         else:
             self.end_page()
+            if len(self.current_page.contents) == 1 and not self.current_page.has_text():
+                self.current_page.contents[0:1] = []
             self.current_page.append(Canvas(width=pwidth,
                                             height=height))
             left = int(floor((pwidth - width)/2.))
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrs.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrs.py
index 6ee440ce66..60f8d21336 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrs.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lrf/pylrs/pylrs.py
@@ -2338,6 +2338,9 @@ class Canvas(LrsObject, LrsContainer, LrsAttributes):
         container.addLrfObject(c.objId)
         lrfWriter.append(c)
         
+    def has_text(self):
+        return bool(self.contents)
+        
     
 
 class PutObj(LrsContainer):