diff --git a/src/core/document.js b/src/core/document.js
index b82758971..a943e5ddd 100644
--- a/src/core/document.js
+++ b/src/core/document.js
@@ -349,7 +349,9 @@ class Page {
         );
       }
 
-      return Promise.all(newRefsPromises);
+      return Promise.all(newRefsPromises).then(function (newRefs) {
+        return newRefs.filter(newRef => !!newRef);
+      });
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/core/worker.js b/src/core/worker.js
index 1c1ccd916..8384c3a70 100644
--- a/src/core/worker.js
+++ b/src/core/worker.js
@@ -629,11 +629,7 @@ class WorkerMessageHandler {
               return stream.bytes;
             }
           } else {
-            for (const ref of refs) {
-              newRefs = ref
-                .filter(x => x !== null)
-                .reduce((a, b) => a.concat(b), newRefs);
-            }
+            newRefs = refs.flat(2);
 
             if (newRefs.length === 0) {
               // No new refs so just return the initial bytes