diff --git a/core/pagecontroller.cpp b/core/pagecontroller.cpp
index 36a8dfeb7..eb75c10b2 100644
--- a/core/pagecontroller.cpp
+++ b/core/pagecontroller.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ void PageController::imageRotationDone(const ThreadWeaver::JobPointer &j)
 
         emit rotationFinished( job->page()->m_number, job->page()->m_page );
     }
-
-    job->deleteLater();
 }
 
 #include "moc_pagecontroller_p.cpp"