diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
index 53ef2b81c5..0a0d5732ae 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASDisplayNode.mm
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void ASDisplayNodePerformBlockOnMainThread(void (^block)())
 
   // we generate placeholders at measure: time so that a node is guaranteed to have a placeholder ready to go
   // also if a node has no size, it should not have a placeholder
-  if (self.placeholderEnabled && [self displaysAsynchronously] && !CGSizeEqualToSize(_size, CGSizeZero)) {
+  if (self.placeholderEnabled && [self displaysAsynchronously] && _size.width > 0.0 && _size.height > 0.0) {
     if (!_placeholderImage) {
       _placeholderImage = [self placeholderImage];
     }