diff --git a/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet292.java b/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet292.java
index 1052dff110..250f3ea908 100644
--- a/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet292.java
+++ b/examples/org.eclipse.swt.snippets/src/org/eclipse/swt/snippets/Snippet292.java
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 		button.setText ("Snapshot");
 		button.addListener (SWT.Selection, e -> {
 			Image image = label.getImage ();
-			if (image != null) image.dispose ();
+			if (image != null) {
+				image.dispose ();
+				label.setImage(null);
+			}
 			Rectangle rect = group.getBounds();
 			image = new Image (display, rect.width, rect.height);
 			GC gc = new GC (image);