diff --git a/libraries/image/src/image/Image.cpp b/libraries/image/src/image/Image.cpp
index 998cb88b19..c66a3b7f17 100644
--- a/libraries/image/src/image/Image.cpp
+++ b/libraries/image/src/image/Image.cpp
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ gpu::TexturePointer TextureUsage::process2DTextureColorFromImage(const QImage& s
     }
 
     if (validAlpha) {
-        processTextureAlpha(srcImage, validAlpha, alphaAsMask);
+        processTextureAlpha(image, validAlpha, alphaAsMask);
     }
 
     gpu::TexturePointer theTexture = nullptr;