diff --git a/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxImage.java b/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxImage.java
index c9402db0e..13b3e0664 100644
--- a/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxImage.java
+++ b/openhtmltopdf-pdfbox/src/main/java/com/openhtmltopdf/pdfboxout/PdfBoxImage.java
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ public PdfBoxImage(byte[] image, String uri) throws IOException {
         _bytes = image;
         _uri = uri;
 
-        ImageInputStream in = ImageIO
-                .createImageInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(_bytes));
+        ImageInputStream in = null;
         ImageReader reader = null;
         
         try {
+            in = ImageIO
+                    .createImageInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(_bytes));
             Iterator<ImageReader> readers = ImageIO.getImageReaders(in);
 
             if (readers.hasNext()) {