diff --git a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
index 26e745108..35b67559a 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/bbox.lua
@@ -147,14 +147,10 @@ function BBoxWidget:onConfirmCrop()
 	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("BBoxUpdate"), self.page_bbox)
 	self.document.bbox[self.pageno] = self.page_bbox
 	self.document.bbox[self:oddEven(self.pageno)] = self.page_bbox
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.orig_zoom_mode))
-	self.document.configurable.text_wrap = self.orig_reflow_mode
-	UIManager.repaint_all = true
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ExitPageCrop"))
 end
 
 function BBoxWidget:onCancelCrop()
 	UIManager:close(self)
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.orig_zoom_mode))
-	self.document.configurable.text_wrap = self.orig_reflow_mode
-	UIManager.repaint_all = true
+	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("ExitPageCrop"))
 end
diff --git a/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua b/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
index 57d50f9e3..3a74cdecf 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/reader/readercropping.lua
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@ ReaderCropping = InputContainer:new{}
 
 function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 	if mode == "auto" then return end
-	local orig_reflow_mode = self.document.configurable.text_wrap
-	self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 0
+	self.orig_reflow_mode = self.document.configurable.text_wrap
 	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("CloseConfig"))
 	self.cropping_zoommode = true
 	self.cropping_offset = true
-	self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page"))
+	if self.orig_reflow_mode == 1 then
+		self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 0
+		-- if we are in reflow mode, then we are already in page
+		-- mode, just force readerview to recalculate visible_area
+		self.view:recalculate()
+	else
+		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", "page"))
+	end
 	self.cropping_zoommode = false
 	local ubbox = self.document:getPageBBox(self.current_page)
 	--DEBUG("used page bbox", ubbox)
@@ -19,13 +25,25 @@ function ReaderCropping:onPageCrop(mode)
 		crop = self,
 		document = self.document,
 		pageno = self.current_page,
-		orig_zoom_mode = self.orig_zoom_mode,
-		orig_reflow_mode = orig_reflow_mode,
 	}
 	UIManager:show(self.crop_bbox)
 	return true
 end
 
+function ReaderCropping:onExitPageCrop()
+	self.document.configurable.text_wrap = self.orig_reflow_mode
+	self.view:recalculate()
+	-- Exiting should have the same look and feel with entering.
+	if self.orig_reflow_mode == 1 then
+		self.document.configurable.text_wrap = 1
+		self.view:recalculate()
+	else
+		self.ui:handleEvent(Event:new("SetZoomMode", self.orig_zoom_mode))
+	end
+	UIManager.repaint_all = true
+	return true
+end
+
 function ReaderCropping:onPageUpdate(page_no)
 	--DEBUG("page updated to", page_no)
 	self.current_page = page_no
@@ -38,7 +56,7 @@ end
 
 function ReaderCropping:onScreenOffsetUpdate(screen_offset)
 	if self.cropping_offset then
-		DEBUG("offset updated to", screen_offset)
+		--DEBUG("offset updated to", screen_offset)
 		self.screen_offset = screen_offset
 		self.cropping_offset = false
 	end