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 47195b39..557ad840 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
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ public class TIFFImageReader extends ImageReaderBase {
         readIFD(imageIndex);
 
         int sampleFormat = getSampleFormat();
-        int planarConfiguration = getValueAsIntWithDefault(TIFF.TAG_PLANAR_CONFIGURATION, TIFFExtension.PLANARCONFIG_PLANAR);
+        int planarConfiguration = getValueAsIntWithDefault(TIFF.TAG_PLANAR_CONFIGURATION, TIFFBaseline.PLANARCONFIG_CHUNKY);
         int interpretation = getValueAsInt(TIFF.TAG_PHOTOMETRIC_INTERPRETATION, "PhotometricInterpretation");
         int samplesPerPixel = getValueAsIntWithDefault(TIFF.TAG_SAMPLES_PER_PIXEL, 1);
         int bitsPerSample = getBitsPerSample();