diff --git a/src/display/drawing-item.cpp b/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
index 08b9b5163271c690acdff93ba9b8bbc998ca8765..16fb075890c3a7228ba3554eb72c38c3c317375f 100644
--- a/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
+++ b/src/display/drawing-item.cpp
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ DrawingItem::render(DrawingContext &dc, Geom::IntRect const &area, unsigned flag
     // Note 2: We only need to render carea of clip and mask, but
     //         iarea of the object.
     
-    Geom::OptIntRect iarea = carea;
+    Geom::OptIntRect iarea = Geom::intersect(_cacheRect(), _drawbox);
     // expand carea to contain the dependent area of filters.
     if (_filter && render_filters) {
         iarea = _cacheRect();