diff --git a/viewer/image_viewer/JFJochImage.cpp b/viewer/image_viewer/JFJochImage.cpp
index 50ab8cd8..6ae8bf11 100644
--- a/viewer/image_viewer/JFJochImage.cpp
+++ b/viewer/image_viewer/JFJochImage.cpp
@@ -651,7 +651,13 @@ void JFJochImage::Redraw() {
 }
 
 void JFJochImage::GeneratePixmap() {
-    QImage qimg(int(W), int(H), QImage::Format_RGB32);
+    if (qimg_buffer_.width() != int(W) || qimg_buffer_.height() != int(H))
+        qimg_buffer_ = QImage(int(W), int(H), QImage::Format_RGB32);
+
+    // Take the data pointer once, here: scanLine() is non-const, so calling it from the
+    // workers below would have each of them detach the (possibly shared) buffer in parallel.
+    uchar *const bits = qimg_buffer_.bits();
+    const qsizetype stride = qimg_buffer_.bytesPerLine();
 
     image_rgb.resize(W * H);
 
@@ -685,7 +691,7 @@ void JFJochImage::GeneratePixmap() {
     for (int y = 0; y < H; ++y) rows.push_back(y);
 
     QtConcurrent::blockingMap(rows, [&](int y) {
-        QRgb *scanLine = reinterpret_cast<QRgb*>(qimg.scanLine(y));
+        QRgb *scanLine = reinterpret_cast<QRgb*>(bits + y * stride);
         const float *row = &image_fp[y * W];
         rgb *out = &image_rgb[y * W];
 
@@ -726,7 +732,7 @@ void JFJochImage::GeneratePixmap() {
         }
     });
 
-    pixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(qimg);
+    pixmap = QPixmap::fromImage(qimg_buffer_);
     pixmap.setDevicePixelRatio(1.0);
 }