diff --git a/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.cpp b/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.cpp
index 85f0d0fd22..cfd3bc5859 100644
--- a/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.cpp
+++ b/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.cpp
@@ -109,11 +109,15 @@ static xcb_render_picture_t createPicture(xcb_pixmap_t pix, int depth)
 
 XRenderPicture::XRenderPicture(const QPixmap &pix)
 {
-    if (!Extensions::nonNativePixmaps()) {
+    if (Extensions::nonNativePixmaps()) {
+        XRenderPicture(pix.toImage());
+    } else {
         d = new XRenderPictureData(createPicture(pix.handle(), pix.depth()));
-        return;
     }
-    QImage img(pix.toImage());
+}
+
+XRenderPicture::XRenderPicture(const QImage &img)
+{
     const int depth = img.depth();
     xcb_pixmap_t xpix = xcb_generate_id(connection());
     xcb_create_pixmap(connection(), depth, xpix, rootWindow(), img.width(), img.height());
diff --git a/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.h b/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.h
index f2ad1c3317..a02028d766 100644
--- a/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.h
+++ b/libkwineffects/kwinxrenderutils.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public:
     explicit XRenderPicture(xcb_render_picture_t pic = XCB_RENDER_PICTURE_NONE);
     // TODO: Qt5 - replace QPixmap by QImage to make it more obvious that it uses PutImage
     explicit XRenderPicture(const QPixmap &pix);
+    explicit XRenderPicture(const QImage &img);
     XRenderPicture(xcb_pixmap_t pix, int depth);
     operator xcb_render_picture_t();
 private: