--- imagecache.module
+++ imagecache.module
@@ -197,6 +197,15 @@
           }
           break;
         case 'crop':
+		 // Patch to ensure images dont get cropped to a larger size if they are smaller than the crop size, otherwise they will get a black background
+          if ($action['data']['width'] > $size[0]) {
+          	$action['data']['width'] = $size[0];
+          	$action['data']['xoffset'] = 0;
+          }
+          if ($action['data']['height'] > $size[1]) {
+          	$action['data']['height'] = $size[1];
+          	$action['data']['yoffset'] = 0;
+          }
           if (!image_crop($tmpdestination, $tmpdestination, $action['data']['xoffset'], $action['data']['yoffset'], $action['data']['width'], $action['data']['height'])) {
             watchdog('imagecache', t('Imagecache crop action ID %id failed.', array('%id' => $action['actionid'])), WATCHDOG_ERROR);
           }