diff --git a/generators/kimgio/generator_kimgio.cpp b/generators/kimgio/generator_kimgio.cpp
--- a/generators/kimgio/generator_kimgio.cpp
+++ b/generators/kimgio/generator_kimgio.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
 
     QImageReader reader( &buffer, QImageReader::imageFormat( &buffer ) );
     reader.setAutoDetectImageFormat( true );
-    if ( !reader.read( &m_img ) ) {
+    bool ok = reader.read( &m_img );
+    if ( !ok && m_img.isNull() ) {
         emit error( i18n( "Unable to load document: %1", reader.errorString() ), -1 );
         return false;
     }