diff --git a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDHighlightAppearanceHandler.java b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDHighlightAppearanceHandler.java
index 61aacf4db0a..d0ced60b10e 100644
--- a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDHighlightAppearanceHandler.java
+++ b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDHighlightAppearanceHandler.java
@@ -63,18 +63,19 @@ public void generateAppearanceStreams()
     public void generateNormalAppearance()
     {
         PDAnnotationHighlight annotation = (PDAnnotationHighlight) getAnnotation();
-        PDRectangle rect = annotation.getRectangle();
+        
         float[] pathsArray = annotation.getQuadPoints();
         if (pathsArray == null)
         {
             return;
         }
-        AnnotationBorder ab = AnnotationBorder.getAnnotationBorder(annotation, annotation.getBorderStyle());
         PDColor color = annotation.getColor();
         if (color == null || color.getComponents().length == 0)
         {
             return;
         }
+        PDRectangle rect = annotation.getRectangle();
+        AnnotationBorder ab = AnnotationBorder.getAnnotationBorder(annotation, annotation.getBorderStyle());
 
         // Adjust rectangle even if not empty, see PLPDF.com-MarkupAnnotations.pdf
         //TODO in a class structure this should be overridable
diff --git a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDInkAppearanceHandler.java b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDInkAppearanceHandler.java
index 17ae4df5df2..5277f6ab3db 100644
--- a/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDInkAppearanceHandler.java
+++ b/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/handlers/PDInkAppearanceHandler.java
@@ -56,10 +56,14 @@ public void generateAppearanceStreams()
     public void generateNormalAppearance()
     {
         PDAnnotationInk ink = (PDAnnotationInk) getAnnotation();
+        PDColor color = ink.getColor();
+        if (color == null || color.getComponents().length == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
         // PDF spec does not mention /Border for ink annotations, but it is used if /BS is not available
         AnnotationBorder ab = AnnotationBorder.getAnnotationBorder(ink, ink.getBorderStyle());
-        PDColor color = ink.getColor();
-        if (color == null || color.getComponents().length == 0 || Float.compare(ab.width, 0) == 0)
+        if (Float.compare(ab.width, 0) == 0)
         {
             return;
         }