diff --git a/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h b/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h
index 334f9c067b69a..358b59a68e35b 100644
--- a/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h
+++ b/graf2d/asimage/inc/TASImage.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class TASImage : public TImage {
 
    static ASVisual *fgVisual;      ///< pointer to visual structure
    static Bool_t    fgInit;        ///< global flag to init afterimage only once
+   static Bool_t    fgBatch;       ///< global flag to signal if batch mode is active ie fgVisual->dpy was set to nullptr
 
    EImageFileTypes GetFileType(const char *ext);
    void MapFileTypes(EImageFileTypes &type, UInt_t &astype, Bool_t toas = kTRUE);
diff --git a/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx b/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx
index dfd17a07059f1..dedeff20eb1f7 100644
--- a/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx
+++ b/graf2d/asimage/src/TASImage.cxx
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 ASVisual *TASImage::fgVisual = nullptr;
 Bool_t TASImage::fgInit = kFALSE;
+Bool_t TASImage::fgBatch = kFALSE;
 
 static ASFontManager *gFontManager = nullptr;
 static unsigned long kAllPlanes = ~0;
@@ -2225,49 +2226,37 @@ void TASImage::GetZoomPosition(UInt_t &x, UInt_t &y, UInt_t &w, UInt_t &h) const
 
 Bool_t TASImage::InitVisual()
 {
-   Bool_t inbatch = fgVisual && (fgVisual->dpy == (void*)1); // was in batch
-   Bool_t noX = gROOT->IsBatch() || gVirtualX->InheritsFrom("TGWin32");
+   Bool_t noX = gROOT->IsBatch() || !gVirtualX->InheritsFrom("TGX11");
 
-   // was in batch, but switched to gui
-   if (inbatch && !noX) {
-      destroy_asvisual(fgVisual, kFALSE);
-      fgVisual = nullptr;
-   }
-
-   if (fgVisual && fgVisual->dpy) { // already initialized
+   if (fgVisual && (noX == fgBatch))
       return kTRUE;
-   }
 
-   // batch or win32 mode
-   if (!fgVisual && noX) {
-      fgVisual = create_asvisual(nullptr, 0, 0, nullptr);
-      fgVisual->dpy = (Display*)1; //fake (not used)
-      return kTRUE;
-   }
+   if (fgVisual)
+      destroy_asvisual(fgVisual, kFALSE);
+   fgVisual = nullptr;
+   fgBatch = false;
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-#ifdef R__HAS_COCOA
-   fgVisual = create_asvisual(nullptr, 0, 0, nullptr);
-   fgVisual->dpy = (Display*)1; //fake (not used)
-#else
+#ifndef R__HAS_COCOA
    Display *disp = (Display*) gVirtualX->GetDisplay();
    Int_t screen  = gVirtualX->GetScreen();
    Int_t depth   = gVirtualX->GetDepth();
    Visual *vis   = (Visual*) gVirtualX->GetVisual();
    Colormap cmap = (Colormap) gVirtualX->GetColormap();
 
-   if (!vis || cmap == 0) {
-      fgVisual = create_asvisual(nullptr, 0, 0, nullptr);
-   } else {
+   if (vis && cmap)
       fgVisual = create_asvisual_for_id(disp, screen, depth,
                                         XVisualIDFromVisual(vis), cmap, nullptr);
-   }
 #endif
-#else
-   fgVisual = create_asvisual(nullptr, 0, 0, nullptr);
-   fgVisual->dpy = (Display*)1; //fake (not used)
 #endif
 
+   if (!fgVisual) {
+      // create dummy fgVisual for batch mode
+      fgVisual = create_asvisual(nullptr, 0, 0, nullptr);
+      fgVisual->dpy = nullptr; // fake (not used)
+      fgBatch = true;
+   }
+
    return kTRUE;
 }
 
@@ -6753,4 +6742,3 @@ Int_t TASImage::Idx(Int_t idx)
    // The size of arrays like fImage->alt.argb32 is fImage->width*fImage->height
    return TMath::Min(idx,(Int_t)(fImage->width*fImage->height));
 }
-