diff --git a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/AsyncDrawable.java b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/AsyncDrawable.java
index 9d180673..2ab11fa2 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/AsyncDrawable.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/AsyncDrawable.java
@@ -43,11 +43,8 @@ public class AsyncDrawable extends Drawable {
         final Drawable placeholder = loader.placeholder();
         if (placeholder != null) {
 
-            // process placeholder bounds
-            if (placeholder.getBounds().isEmpty()) {
-                final Rect rect = DrawableUtils.intrinsicBounds(placeholder);
-                placeholder.setBounds(rect);
-            }
+            // process placeholder bounds (if it's not empty -> ignore, use whatever bounds that were set)
+            DrawableUtils.applyIntrinsicBoundsIfEmpty(placeholder);
 
             // apply placeholder immediately if we have one
             setResult(placeholder);
diff --git a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/DrawableUtils.java b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/DrawableUtils.java
index 9ccf11c4..97537186 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/DrawableUtils.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/DrawableUtils.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ru.noties.markwon.image;
 
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.support.annotation.CheckResult;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 
 /**
@@ -10,10 +11,15 @@ import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 public abstract class DrawableUtils {
 
     @NonNull
+    @CheckResult
     public static Rect intrinsicBounds(@NonNull Drawable drawable) {
         return new Rect(0, 0, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
     }
 
+    public static void applyIntrinsicBounds(@NonNull Drawable drawable) {
+        drawable.setBounds(intrinsicBounds(drawable));
+    }
+
     public static void applyIntrinsicBoundsIfEmpty(@NonNull Drawable drawable) {
         if (drawable.getBounds().isEmpty()) {
             drawable.setBounds(intrinsicBounds(drawable));
diff --git a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/ImageMediaDecoder.java b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/ImageMediaDecoder.java
index 796d016e..c510c4d8 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/ImageMediaDecoder.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/ImageMediaDecoder.java
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
-import ru.noties.markwon.utils.DrawableUtils;
-
 /**
  * This class can be used as the last {@link MediaDecoder} to _try_ to handle all rest cases.
  * Here we just assume that supplied InputStream is of image type and try to decode it.
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ public class ImageMediaDecoder extends MediaDecoder {
         final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);
         if (bitmap != null) {
             out = new BitmapDrawable(resources, bitmap);
-            DrawableUtils.intrinsicBounds(out);
+            DrawableUtils.applyIntrinsicBounds(out);
         } else {
             out = null;
         }
diff --git a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/utils/DrawableUtils.java b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/utils/DrawableUtils.java
index 34342093..0f719339 100644
--- a/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/utils/DrawableUtils.java
+++ b/markwon-core/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/utils/DrawableUtils.java
@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ package ru.noties.markwon.utils;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Please use {@link ru.noties.markwon.image.DrawableUtils}
+ */
+@Deprecated
 public abstract class DrawableUtils {
 
     public static void intrinsicBounds(@NonNull Drawable drawable) {
         drawable.setBounds(0, 0, drawable.getIntrinsicWidth(), drawable.getIntrinsicHeight());
     }
 
-    private DrawableUtils() {}
+    private DrawableUtils() {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/markwon-image-gif/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifMediaDecoder.java b/markwon-image-gif/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifMediaDecoder.java
index 7a6600b8..6f5eda18 100644
--- a/markwon-image-gif/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifMediaDecoder.java
+++ b/markwon-image-gif/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/gif/GifMediaDecoder.java
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 import pl.droidsonroids.gif.GifDrawable;
+import ru.noties.markwon.image.DrawableUtils;
 import ru.noties.markwon.image.MediaDecoder;
-import ru.noties.markwon.utils.DrawableUtils;
 
 /**
  * @since 1.1.0
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class GifMediaDecoder extends MediaDecoder {
         if (bytes != null) {
             try {
                 out = newGifDrawable(bytes);
-                DrawableUtils.intrinsicBounds(out);
+                DrawableUtils.applyIntrinsicBounds(out);
 
                 if (!autoPlayGif) {
                     ((GifDrawable) out).pause();
diff --git a/markwon-image-svg/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgMediaDecoder.java b/markwon-image-svg/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgMediaDecoder.java
index 5c8661d8..5ee71c61 100644
--- a/markwon-image-svg/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgMediaDecoder.java
+++ b/markwon-image-svg/src/main/java/ru/noties/markwon/image/svg/SvgMediaDecoder.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import com.caverock.androidsvg.SVGParseException;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
+import ru.noties.markwon.image.DrawableUtils;
 import ru.noties.markwon.image.MediaDecoder;
-import ru.noties.markwon.utils.DrawableUtils;
 
 /**
  * @since 1.1.0
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class SvgMediaDecoder extends MediaDecoder {
             svg.renderToCanvas(canvas);
 
             out = new BitmapDrawable(resources, bitmap);
-            DrawableUtils.intrinsicBounds(out);
+            DrawableUtils.applyIntrinsicBounds(out);
         }
 
         return out;