diff --git a/easyocr/easyocr.py b/easyocr/easyocr.py
index b10cd54a37..3f812593fe 100644
--- a/easyocr/easyocr.py
+++ b/easyocr/easyocr.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def recognize(self, img_cv_grey, horizontal_list=None, free_list=None,\
             ignore_char = ''.join(set(self.character)-set(self.lang_char))
 
         image_len = len(image_list)
-        if rotation_info:
+        if rotation_info and image_list:
             image_list = make_rotated_img_list(rotation_info, image_list)
 
         if self.model_lang in ['chinese_tra','chinese_sim', 'japanese', 'korean']: decoder = 'greedy'
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def recognize(self, img_cv_grey, horizontal_list=None, free_list=None,\
         if paragraph:
             result = get_paragraph(result, mode = direction_mode)
 
-        if rotation_info:
+        if rotation_info and image_list:
             result = set_result_with_confidence(result, image_len)
 
         if detail == 0: