diff --git a/libs/imageio/src/ImageDecoder.cpp b/libs/imageio/src/ImageDecoder.cpp
index c8c1393f6e..5b6a8d08d4 100644
--- a/libs/imageio/src/ImageDecoder.cpp
+++ b/libs/imageio/src/ImageDecoder.cpp
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ Image PNGDecoder::decode() {
         uint32_t height = png_get_image_height(mPNG, mInfo);
         size_t rowBytes = png_get_rowbytes(mPNG, mInfo);
 
-        imageData.reset(new uint8_t[width * height * rowBytes]);
+        imageData.reset(new uint8_t[height * rowBytes]);
         std::unique_ptr<png_bytep[]> rowPointers(new png_bytep[height]);
         for (size_t y = 0 ; y < height ; y++) {
             rowPointers[y] = &imageData[y * rowBytes];