diff --git a/MagickCore/quantize.c b/MagickCore/quantize.c
index 0a2621b..87d08d5 100644
--- a/MagickCore/quantize.c
+++ b/MagickCore/quantize.c
@@ -2737,11 +2737,13 @@
maximum_colors=MaxColormapSize;
if (maximum_colors > MaxColormapSize)
maximum_colors=MaxColormapSize;
- if ((image->columns*image->rows) <= maximum_colors)
- (void) DirectToColormapImage(image,exception);
- if ((IsImageGray(image,exception) != MagickFalse) &&
- (image->matte == MagickFalse))
- (void) SetGrayscaleImage(image,exception);
+ if (image->matte == MagickFalse)
+ {
+ if ((image->columns*image->rows) <= maximum_colors)
+ (void) DirectToColormapImage(image,exception);
+ if (IsImageGray(image,exception) != MagickFalse)
+ (void) SetGrayscaleImage(image,exception);
+ }
if ((image->storage_class == PseudoClass) &&
(image->colors <= maximum_colors))
return(MagickTrue);