diff --git a/lib/thumbnailprovider/thumbnailgenerator.cpp b/lib/thumbnailprovider/thumbnailgenerator.cpp
--- a/lib/thumbnailprovider/thumbnailgenerator.cpp
+++ b/lib/thumbnailprovider/thumbnailgenerator.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@
 #define LOG(x) ;
 #endif
 
-const int MIN_PREV_SIZE = 1000;
-
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 //
 // ThumbnailContext
@@ -80,9 +78,8 @@
 
         // We need QImage. Loading JpegContent from QImage - exif lost
         // Loading QImage from JpegContent - unimplemented, would go with loadFromData
-        if (!ret || !originalImage.loadFromData(data) || qMin(originalImage.width(), originalImage.height()) < MIN_PREV_SIZE) {
-            // if the embedded preview loading failed or gets just a small image, load
-            // half preview instead. That's slower...
+        if (!ret) {
+            // if the embedded preview loading failed, load half preview instead. That's slower...
             if (!KDcrawIface::KDcraw::loadHalfPreview(data, pixPath)) {
                 qWarning() << "unable to get preview for " << pixPath.toUtf8().constData();
                 return false;