diff --git a/src/gui/qgsmapcanvas.cpp b/src/gui/qgsmapcanvas.cpp
index 3dc0c8df89a..08aa8e52231 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsmapcanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsmapcanvas.cpp
@@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@ void QgsMapCanvas::startPreviewJobs()
       jobExtent.setYMinimum( jobExtent.yMinimum() + dy );
 
       jobSettings.setExtent( jobExtent );
+      jobSettings.setFlag( QgsMapSettings::DrawLabeling, false );
 
       QgsMapRendererQImageJob *job = new QgsMapRendererParallelJob( jobSettings );
       mPreviewJobs.append( job );