diff --git a/internal/c/libqb.cpp b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
index 9117f3e1d..77d15cdcb 100644
--- a/internal/c/libqb.cpp
+++ b/internal/c/libqb.cpp
@@ -27424,7 +27424,8 @@ static int image_handle;
 static img_struct *im;
 if (passed){
  if (i>=0){
- validatepage(i); im=&img[image_handle=page[i]];
+ validatepage(i); im=&img[image_handle=page[i]]; 
+ image_handle=-image_handle;
  }else{
  image_handle=i;
  i=-i;