diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReader.java b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReader.java
index ba4d02d8..9f8c341d 100755
--- a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReader.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReader.java
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ public final class TIFFImageReader extends ImageReaderBase {
                                 // TODO: If we have non-standard reference B/W or yCbCr coefficients,
                                 // we might still have to do extra color space conversion...
                                 if (needsCSConversion == null) {
-                                    needsCSConversion = needsCSConversion(interpretation, jpegReader.getImageMetadata(0));
+                                    needsCSConversion = needsCSConversion(interpretation, readJPEGMetadataSafe(jpegReader));
                                 }
 
                                 if (!needsCSConversion) {
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ public final class TIFFImageReader extends ImageReaderBase {
                         jpegParam.setSourceSubsampling(xSub, ySub, 0, 0);
 
                         if (needsCSConversion == null) {
-                            needsCSConversion = needsCSConversion(interpretation, jpegReader.getImageMetadata(0));
+                            needsCSConversion = needsCSConversion(interpretation, readJPEGMetadataSafe(jpegReader));
                         }
 
                         if (!needsCSConversion) {
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ public final class TIFFImageReader extends ImageReaderBase {
                                     Point offset = new Point(col - srcRegion.x, row - srcRegion.y);
 
                                     if (needsCSConversion == null) {
-                                        needsCSConversion = needsCSConversion(interpretation, jpegReader.getImageMetadata(0));
+                                        needsCSConversion = needsCSConversion(interpretation, readJPEGMetadataSafe(jpegReader));
                                     }
 
                                     if (!needsCSConversion) {
@@ -1345,6 +1345,17 @@ public final class TIFFImageReader extends ImageReaderBase {
         return destination;
     }
 
+    private IIOMetadata readJPEGMetadataSafe(final ImageReader jpegReader) throws IOException {
+        try {
+            return jpegReader.getImageMetadata(0);
+        }
+        catch (IIOException e) {
+            processWarningOccurred("Could not read metadata metadata JPEG compressed TIFF: " + e.getMessage() + " colors may look incorrect");
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     private boolean needsCSConversion(final int photometricInterpretation, final IIOMetadata imageMetadata) throws IOException {
         if (imageMetadata == null) {
             // Assume we're ok
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReaderTest.java b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReaderTest.java
index 901dab2a..36b5b6cb 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReaderTest.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageReaderTest.java
@@ -250,6 +250,25 @@ public class TIFFImageReaderTest extends ImageReaderAbstractTest<TIFFImageReader
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testReadOldStyleJPEGInconsistentMetadata() throws IOException {
+        TestData testData = new TestData(getClassLoaderResource("/tiff/old-style-jpeg-inconsistent-metadata.tif"), new Dimension(2483, 3515));
+
+        try (ImageInputStream stream = testData.getInputStream()) {
+            TIFFImageReader reader = createReader();
+            reader.setInput(stream);
+
+            IIOReadWarningListener warningListener = mock(IIOReadWarningListener.class);
+            reader.addIIOReadWarningListener(warningListener);
+
+            BufferedImage image = reader.read(0);
+
+            assertNotNull(image);
+            assertEquals(testData.getDimension(0), new Dimension(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight()));
+            verify(warningListener, atLeastOnce()).warningOccurred(eq(reader), contains("metadata"));
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testReadIncompatibleICCProfileIgnoredWithWarning() throws IOException {
         TestData testData = new TestData(getClassLoaderResource("/tiff/rgb-with-embedded-cmyk-icc.tif"), new Dimension(1500, 1500));
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/resources/tiff/old-style-jpeg-inconsistent-metadata.tif b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/resources/tiff/old-style-jpeg-inconsistent-metadata.tif
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e3301ff4
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