diff --git a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/ImageViewHelper.php b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/ImageViewHelper.php
index e5d0681ae371cf778823b9c01781d6214a2169e5..c6f8f5e8aae1b893c4b2624cc080b5e4ef5c43c4 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/ImageViewHelper.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/ImageViewHelper.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\ViewHelpers;
 
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\ImageManipulation\CropVariantCollection;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\Exception\ResourceDoesNotExistException;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\FileReference;
 
 /**
  * Resizes a given image (if required) and renders the respective img tag
@@ -133,6 +132,7 @@ class ImageViewHelper extends \TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractTagBasedV
             }
             $cropVariantCollection = CropVariantCollection::create((string)$cropString);
             $cropVariant = $this->arguments['cropVariant'] ?: 'default';
+            $cropArea = $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea($cropVariant);
             $processingInstructions = [
                 'width' => $this->arguments['width'],
                 'height' => $this->arguments['height'],
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ImageViewHelper extends \TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\Core\ViewHelper\AbstractTagBasedV
                 'minHeight' => $this->arguments['minHeight'],
                 'maxWidth' => $this->arguments['maxWidth'],
                 'maxHeight' => $this->arguments['maxHeight'],
-                'crop' => $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea($cropVariant)->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
+                'crop' => $cropArea->isEmpty() ? null : $cropArea->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
             ];
             $processedImage = $this->imageService->applyProcessingInstructions($image, $processingInstructions);
             $imageUri = $this->imageService->getImageUri($processedImage, $this->arguments['absolute']);
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/MediaViewHelper.php b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/MediaViewHelper.php
index 45c7027ce51660999412c4dc5faa3c408d99f081..6bfaaad3b3d55cdff8db89750fbb6c82e04f762c 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/MediaViewHelper.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/MediaViewHelper.php
@@ -122,10 +122,11 @@ class MediaViewHelper extends AbstractTagBasedViewHelper
         $cropVariant = $this->arguments['cropVariant'] ?: 'default';
         $cropString = $image instanceof FileReference ? $image->getProperty('crop') : '';
         $cropVariantCollection = CropVariantCollection::create((string)$cropString);
+        $cropArea = $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea($cropVariant);
         $processingInstructions = [
             'width' => $width,
             'height' => $height,
-            'crop' => $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea($cropVariant)->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
+            'crop' => $cropArea->isEmpty() ? null : $cropArea->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
         ];
         $imageService = $this->getImageService();
         $processedImage = $imageService->applyProcessingInstructions($image, $processingInstructions);
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/Uri/ImageViewHelper.php b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/Uri/ImageViewHelper.php
index b32c553da4077a22fc589e1e27596b56f36282b4..a95766de4d544fca42acb3311d97eac5244a43d7 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/Uri/ImageViewHelper.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/fluid/Classes/ViewHelpers/Uri/ImageViewHelper.php
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Fluid\ViewHelpers\Uri;
 
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Imaging\ImageManipulation\CropVariantCollection;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\Exception\ResourceDoesNotExistException;
-use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Resource\FileReference;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Object\ObjectManager;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Service\ImageService;
@@ -119,6 +118,7 @@ class ImageViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
 
             $cropVariantCollection = CropVariantCollection::create((string)$cropString);
             $cropVariant = $arguments['cropVariant'] ?: 'default';
+            $cropArea = $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea($cropVariant);
             $processingInstructions = [
                 'width' => $arguments['width'],
                 'height' => $arguments['height'],
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class ImageViewHelper extends AbstractViewHelper
                 'minHeight' => $arguments['minHeight'],
                 'maxWidth' => $arguments['maxWidth'],
                 'maxHeight' => $arguments['maxHeight'],
-                'crop' => $cropVariantCollection->getCropArea($cropVariant)->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
+                'crop' => $cropArea->isEmpty() ? null : $cropArea->makeAbsoluteBasedOnFile($image),
             ];
 
             $processedImage = $imageService->applyProcessingInstructions($image, $processingInstructions);