diff --git a/djvu.c b/djvu.c
index 9253b404e..2f63940a6 100644
--- a/djvu.c
+++ b/djvu.c
@@ -378,15 +378,9 @@ static int drawPage(lua_State *L) {
 	DrawContext *dc = (DrawContext*) luaL_checkudata(L, 2, "drawcontext");
 	BlitBuffer *bb = (BlitBuffer*) luaL_checkudata(L, 3, "blitbuffer");
 	int render_mode = (int) luaL_checkint(L, 6);
-	ddjvu_render_mode_t djvu_render_mode;
+	ddjvu_render_mode_t djvu_render_mode = render_mode;
 	unsigned char adjusted_low[16], adjusted_high[16];
 	int i, adjust_pixels = 0;
-
-	if (render_mode)
-		djvu_render_mode = DDJVU_RENDER_BLACK;
-	else
-		djvu_render_mode = DDJVU_RENDER_COLOR;
-
 	ddjvu_format_t *pixelformat;
 	ddjvu_rect_t pagerect, renderrect;
 	uint8_t *imagebuffer = NULL;