diff --git a/PyPDF2/_page.py b/PyPDF2/_page.py
index 01b45d8a1..c65048ef5 100644
--- a/PyPDF2/_page.py
+++ b/PyPDF2/_page.py
@@ -352,16 +352,21 @@ def _mergePage(
         page2content = page2.getContents()
         if page2content is not None:
             page2content = ContentStream(page2content, self.pdf)
+            if(page2.cropBox.getWidth()<page2.trimBox.getWidth() or
+               page2.cropBox.getHeight()<page2.trimBox.getHeight()):
+                rect = page2.cropBox
+            else:
+                rect = page2.trimBox
             page2content.operations.insert(
                 0,
                 (
                     map(
                         FloatObject,
                         [
-                            page2.trimBox.getLowerLeft_x(),
-                            page2.trimBox.getLowerLeft_y(),
-                            page2.trimBox.getWidth(),
-                            page2.trimBox.getHeight(),
+                            rect.getLowerLeft_x(),
+                            rect.getLowerLeft_y(),
+                            rect.getWidth(),
+                            rect.getHeight(),
                         ],
                     ),
                     "re",
diff --git a/tests/test_page.py b/tests/test_page.py
index 780a45e7e..fd32d3abe 100644
--- a/tests/test_page.py
+++ b/tests/test_page.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import json
 import os
+import copy
+import io
 
 import pytest
 
-from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader
+from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader,PdfFileWriter
 from PyPDF2._page import PageObject
 from PyPDF2.generic import RectangleObject
 
@@ -128,3 +130,17 @@ def test_page_rotation_non90():
     with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc:
         page.rotateClockwise(91)
     assert exc.value.args[0] == "Rotation angle must be a multiple of 90"
+
+def test_page_merge_cropped():
+    p = PdfFileReader(os.path.join(RESOURCE_ROOT, "issue-604.pdf"))
+    a=  copy.deepcopy(p.getPage(1))     # crossed to ease test reading
+    b=  copy.deepcopy(p.getPage(2))
+    a.cropBox = RectangleObject([100,100,300,200])
+    w = PdfFileWriter()
+    w.addPage(a)
+    w.addPage(b)
+    c=copy.deepcopy(b)
+    c.mergePage(a)
+    w.addPage(c)
+    o = io.BytesIO()
+    w.write(o)