diff --git a/ocrmypdf/tesseract.py b/ocrmypdf/tesseract.py
index abc62a89..ec315b69 100644
--- a/ocrmypdf/tesseract.py
+++ b/ocrmypdf/tesseract.py
@@ -147,11 +147,16 @@ def page_timedout(log, input_file):
     log.warning(prefix + " took too long to OCR - skipping")
 
 
-def _generate_null_hocr(output_hocr, pageinfo):
+def _generate_null_hocr(output_hocr, image):
+    """Produce a .hocr file that reports no text detected on a page that is
+    the same size as the input image."""
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    im = Image.open(image)
+    w, h = im.size
+
     with open(output_hocr, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
-        f.write(HOCR_TEMPLATE.format(
-            pageinfo['width_pixels'],
-            pageinfo['height_pixels']))
+        f.write(HOCR_TEMPLATE.format(w, h))
 
 
 def generate_hocr(input_file, output_hocr, language: list, tessconfig: list,
@@ -181,11 +186,11 @@ def generate_hocr(input_file, output_hocr, language: list, tessconfig: list,
         # Temporary workaround to hocrTransform not being able to function if
         # it does not have a valid hOCR file.
         page_timedout(log, input_file)
-        _generate_null_hocr(output_hocr, pageinfo_getter())
+        _generate_null_hocr(output_hocr, input_file)
     except CalledProcessError as e:
         tesseract_log_output(log, e.output, input_file)
         if 'Image too large' in e.output:
-            _generate_null_hocr(output_hocr, pageinfo_getter())
+            _generate_null_hocr(output_hocr, input_file)
             return
 
         raise e from e
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index e528a74a..cdd67638 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ def test_rotated_skew_timeout():
 
     out = check_ocrmypdf(
         'rotated_skew.pdf', 'test_rotated_skew.pdf',
+        '--pdf-renderer', 'hocr',
         '--deskew', '--tesseract-timeout', '0')
 
     out_pageinfo = pdf_get_all_pageinfo(out)[0]