diff --git a/engines/kyra/screen.cpp b/engines/kyra/screen.cpp
index e05e18d96fa..11467231ade 100644
--- a/engines/kyra/screen.cpp
+++ b/engines/kyra/screen.cpp
@@ -2715,6 +2715,7 @@ void Screen::loadBitmap(const char *filename, int tempPage, int dstPage, Palette
 
 	uint8 *srcPtr = srcData + 10 + palSize;
 	uint8 *dstData = getPagePtr(dstPage);
+	memset(dstData, 0, SCREEN_PAGE_SIZE);
 	if (dstPage == 0 || tempPage == 0)
 		_forceFullUpdate = true;