diff --git a/frontend/document/credocument.lua b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
index a5cdf208c..8609b1a11 100644
--- a/frontend/document/credocument.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/credocument.lua
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ end
 
 function CreDocument:loadDocument()
 	self._document:loadDocument(self.file)
+	if not self.info.has_pages then
+		self.info.doc_height = self._document:getFullHeight()
+	end
 end
 
 function CreDocument:drawCurrentView(target, x, y, rect, pos)
diff --git a/frontend/document/document.lua b/frontend/document/document.lua
index bc460d000..77e3f035b 100644
--- a/frontend/document/document.lua
+++ b/frontend/document/document.lua
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ end
 
 function Document:_readMetadata()
 	self.info.number_of_pages = self._document:getPages()
-	if not self.info.has_pages then
-		self.info.doc_height = self._document:getFullHeight()
-	end
 	return true
 end