diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp
index 18479b6e0e..8407e2bd1d 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/podofo/doc.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ PDFDoc_append(PDFDoc *self, PyObject *args) {
         for (auto src : docs)  total_pages_to_append += src->GetPages().GetCount();
         unsigned base_page_index = dest->GetPages().GetCount();
 #if PODOFO_VERSION > PODOFO_MAKE_VERSION(0, 10, 0)
-        dest->GetPages().CreatePagesAt(base_page_index, Rect(), total_pages_to_append);
+        dest->GetPages().CreatePagesAt(base_page_index, total_pages_to_append, Rect());
 #else
         while (total_pages_to_append--) dest->GetPages().CreatePage(Rect());
 #endif