diff --git a/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.cpp b/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.cpp
index f78bd564..c1f55554 100644
--- a/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.cpp
@@ -3479,7 +3479,8 @@ SvgLoader::~SvgLoader()
 void SvgLoader::run(unsigned tid)
 {
     //According to the SVG standard the value of the width/height of the viewbox set to 0 disables rendering
-    if (renderingDisabled) {
+    if ((viewFlag & SvgViewFlag::Viewbox) && (fabsf(vw) <= FLT_EPSILON || fabsf(vh) <= FLT_EPSILON)) {
+        TVGLOG("SVG", "The <viewBox> width and/or height set to 0 - rendering disabled.");
         root = Scene::gen();
         return;
     }
@@ -3646,11 +3647,6 @@ bool SvgLoader::read()
 {
     if (!content || size == 0) return false;
 
-    if ((viewFlag & SvgViewFlag::Viewbox) && (fabsf(vw) <= FLT_EPSILON || fabsf(vh) <= FLT_EPSILON)) {
-        TVGLOG("SVG", "The <viewBox> width and/or height set to 0 - rendering disabled.");
-        renderingDisabled = true;
-    }
-
     //the loading has been already completed in header()
     if (root) return true;
 
diff --git a/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.h b/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.h
index 43882b7f..5c74184e 100644
--- a/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.h
+++ b/src/loaders/svg/tvgSvgLoader.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ private:
     SvgViewFlag viewFlag = SvgViewFlag::None;
     AspectRatioAlign align = AspectRatioAlign::XMidYMid;
     AspectRatioMeetOrSlice meetOrSlice = AspectRatioMeetOrSlice::Meet;
-    bool renderingDisabled = false;
 
     bool header();
     void clear();