diff --git a/src/gui/image/qpixmap.cpp b/src/gui/image/qpixmap.cpp
index d4c0f26..ca20d39 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qpixmap.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qpixmap.cpp
@@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ bool QPixmap::load(const QString &fileName, const char *format, Qt::ImageConvers
 
 bool QPixmap::loadFromData(const uchar *buf, uint len, const char *format, Qt::ImageConversionFlags flags)
 {
-    if (len == 0 || buf == 0) {
-        data.reset();
+    data.reset();
+
+    if (len == 0 || buf == 0)
         return false;
-    }
 
     if (!data)
         data = QPlatformPixmap::create(0, 0, QPlatformPixmap::PixmapType);