diff --git a/src/draw/lv_image_buf.h b/src/draw/lv_image_buf.h
index 4c74ceef45..265d2caf9b 100644
--- a/src/draw/lv_image_buf.h
+++ b/src/draw/lv_image_buf.h
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ static inline void lv_image_header_init(lv_image_header_t * header, uint32_t w,
     header->cf = cf;
     header->stride = stride;
     header->flags = flags;
+    header->magic = LV_IMAGE_HEADER_MAGIC;
 }
 /**********************
  *      MACROS