diff --git a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c
index 45c78aa317..11a24323c1 100644
--- a/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c
+++ b/src/modules/evas/engines/gl_generic/evas_engine.c
@@ -519,15 +519,10 @@ eng_image_size_set(void *data, void *image, int w, int h)
        ((int)im_old->im->cache_entry.w == w) &&
        ((int)im_old->im->cache_entry.h == h))
      return image;
-   if (im_old)
-     {
-        im = evas_gl_common_image_new(gl_context, w, h,
-                                      eng_image_alpha_get(data, image),
-                                      eng_image_colorspace_get(data, image));
-        evas_gl_common_image_free(im_old);
-     }
-   else
-     im = evas_gl_common_image_new(gl_context, w, h, 1, EVAS_COLORSPACE_ARGB8888);
+   im = evas_gl_common_image_new(gl_context, w, h,
+                                 eng_image_alpha_get(data, image),
+                                 eng_image_colorspace_get(data, image));
+   evas_gl_common_image_free(im_old);
    return im;
 }