diff --git a/modules/product_image/product.py b/modules/product_image/product.py
index 93800831ba..e06c6f8e76 100644
--- a/modules/product_image/product.py
+++ b/modules/product_image/product.py
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@ class ImageMixin(_ImageMixin):
         img = PIL.Image.open(io.BytesIO(image))
         img.thumbnail((SIZE_MAX, SIZE_MAX))
         if img.mode in {'RGBA', 'P'}:
-            img = img.convert('RGB')
+            img.convert('RGBA')
+            background = PIL.Image.new('RGBA', img.size, (255, 255, 255))
+            background.alpha_composite(img)
+            img = background.convert('RGB')
         img.save(data, format='jpeg', optimize=True, **_params)
         return data.getvalue()
 
diff --git a/trytond/trytond/ir/avatar.py b/trytond/trytond/ir/avatar.py
index 50e896b75c..3aab60c5be 100644
--- a/trytond/trytond/ir/avatar.py
+++ b/trytond/trytond/ir/avatar.py
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ class Avatar(ImageMixin, ResourceMixin, ModelSQL):
         if size > 2048:
             img = img.resize((2048, 2048))
         if img.mode in {'RGBA', 'P'}:
-            img = img.convert('RGB')
+            img.convert('RGBA')
+            background = Image.new('RGBA', img.size, (255, 255, 255))
+            background.alpha_composite(img)
+            img = background.convert('RGB')
         img.save(data, format='jpeg', optimize=True, **_params)
         return data.getvalue()