diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
index b77dc6ab1..5d361db52 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageFont.py
@@ -563,14 +563,21 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
         if start is None:
             start = (0, 0)
         im = None
+        size = None
 
-        def fill(mode, size):
-            nonlocal im
+        def fill(mode, im_size):
+            nonlocal im, size
+
+            size = im_size
+            if Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS is not None:
+                pixels = max(1, size[0]) * max(1, size[1])
+                if pixels > 2 * Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS:
+                    return
 
             im = Image.core.fill(mode, size)
             return im
 
-        size, offset = self.font.render(
+        offset = self.font.render(
             text,
             fill,
             mode,
@@ -582,7 +589,6 @@ class FreeTypeFont:
             ink,
             start[0],
             start[1],
-            Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS,
         )
         Image._decompression_bomb_check(size)
         return im, offset
diff --git a/src/_imagingft.c b/src/_imagingft.c
index 2165fbc7a..64175de8b 100644
--- a/src/_imagingft.c
+++ b/src/_imagingft.c
@@ -815,7 +815,6 @@ font_render(FontObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     float y_start = 0;
     int width, height, x_offset, y_offset;
     int horizontal_dir; /* is primary axis horizontal? */
-    PyObject *max_image_pixels = Py_None;
 
     /* render string into given buffer (the buffer *must* have
        the right size, or this will crash) */
@@ -833,8 +832,7 @@ font_render(FontObject *self, PyObject *args) {
             &anchor,
             &foreground_ink_long,
             &x_start,
-            &y_start,
-            &max_image_pixels)) {
+            &y_start)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -879,15 +877,11 @@ font_render(FontObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 
     width += stroke_width * 2 + ceil(x_start);
     height += stroke_width * 2 + ceil(y_start);
-    if (max_image_pixels != Py_None) {
-        if ((long long)(width > 1 ? width : 1) * (height > 1 ? height : 1) > PyLong_AsLongLong(max_image_pixels) * 2) {
-            PyMem_Del(glyph_info);
-            return Py_BuildValue("(ii)(ii)", width, height, 0, 0);
-        }
-    }
-
     image = PyObject_CallFunction(fill, "s(ii)", strcmp(mode, "RGBA") == 0 ? "RGBA" : "L", width, height);
-    if (image == NULL) {
+    if (image == Py_None) {
+        PyMem_Del(glyph_info);
+        return Py_BuildValue("ii", 0, 0);
+    } else if (image == NULL) {
         PyMem_Del(glyph_info);
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -898,7 +892,7 @@ font_render(FontObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     y_offset -= stroke_width;
     if (count == 0 || width == 0 || height == 0) {
         PyMem_Del(glyph_info);
-        return Py_BuildValue("(ii)(ii)", width, height, x_offset, y_offset);
+        return Py_BuildValue("ii", x_offset, y_offset);
     }
 
     if (stroke_width) {
@@ -1116,7 +1110,7 @@ font_render(FontObject *self, PyObject *args) {
     Py_DECREF(image);
     FT_Stroker_Done(stroker);
     PyMem_Del(glyph_info);
-    return Py_BuildValue("(ii)(ii)", width, height, x_offset, y_offset);
+    return Py_BuildValue("ii", x_offset, y_offset);
 
 glyph_error:
     if (im->destroy) {