diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tga/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tga/TGAExtensions.java b/imageio/imageio-tga/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tga/TGAExtensions.java
index 00f79780..610cb3d6 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-tga/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tga/TGAExtensions.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tga/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tga/TGAExtensions.java
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ final class TGAExtensions {
         extensions.creationDate = readDate(stream);
         extensions.jobId = readString(stream, 41);
 
-        stream.skipBytes(6); // Job time, 3 shorts, hours/minutes/seconds elapsed
+        // Job time, 3 shorts, hours/minutes/seconds elapsed
+        stream.readShort();
+        stream.readShort();
+        stream.readShort();
 
         extensions.softwareId = readString(stream, 41);