diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs b/MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs
index 9366fe32..94ecf28b 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/ImageTileList.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ namespace MapControl
 {
     public class ImageTileList : List<ImageTile>
     {
+        public ImageTileList()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public ImageTileList(ImageTileList source, TileMatrix tileMatrix, int columnCount)
+        {
+            FillMatrix(source, tileMatrix.ZoomLevel, tileMatrix.XMin, tileMatrix.YMin, tileMatrix.XMax, tileMatrix.YMax, columnCount);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds existing ImageTile from the source collection or newly created ImageTile to fill the specified tile matrix.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
index f3e23355..abeda5ba 100644
--- a/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
+++ b/MapControl/Shared/WmtsTileMatrixLayer.cs
@@ -83,14 +83,11 @@ namespace MapControl
             }
 
             TileMatrix = new TileMatrix(TileMatrix.ZoomLevel, xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax);
-
-            var tiles = new ImageTileList();
-            tiles.FillMatrix(Tiles, TileMatrix.ZoomLevel, xMin, yMin, xMax, yMax, WmtsTileMatrix.MatrixWidth);
-            Tiles = tiles;
+            Tiles = new ImageTileList(Tiles, TileMatrix, WmtsTileMatrix.MatrixWidth);
 
             Children.Clear();
 
-            foreach (var tile in tiles)
+            foreach (var tile in Tiles)
             {
                 Children.Add(tile.Image);
             }