diff -r c3690ec91ef8 -r 923ff622b8b9 src/hbcore/image/hbiconsource.cpp
--- a/src/hbcore/image/hbiconsource.cpp	Wed Jun 23 18:33:25 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/hbcore/image/hbiconsource.cpp	Tue Jul 06 14:36:53 2010 +0300
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@
 QImageReader *HbIconSource::imageReader()
 {
     if (!mImageReader) {
+        type(); // make sure type is initialized
         mImageReader = new QImageReader(mFilename, mType.toLatin1());
     }
     return mImageReader && mImageReader->canRead() ? mImageReader : 0;