diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java b/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
index e3994c91e..430d67228 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PImage.java
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ public class PImage implements PConstants, Cloneable {
     if (pixels == null || pixels.length != width*height) {
       pixels = new int[width*height];
     }
-    isLoaded();
+    setLoaded();
   }