diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriter.java b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriter.java
index 41fc6e4a..8ee862cc 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriter.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriter.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public final class TIFFImageWriter extends ImageWriterBase {
                 ListenerDelegate listener = new ListenerDelegate(imageIndex);
                 jpegWriter.addIIOWriteProgressListener(listener);
                 jpegWriter.addIIOWriteWarningListener(listener);
-                jpegWriter.write(null, image, copyParams(param, jpegWriter));
+                jpegWriter.write(null, imageOnly(image), copyParams(param, jpegWriter));
             }
             finally {
                 jpegWriter.dispose();
@@ -285,6 +285,17 @@ public final class TIFFImageWriter extends ImageWriterBase {
         return nextIFDPointerOffset;
     }
 
+    private IIOImage imageOnly(final IIOImage image) {
+        if (image.getMetadata() == null && image.getNumThumbnails() == 0) {
+            // Just image data here, no need to copy
+            return image;
+        }
+
+        return image.hasRaster()
+                ? new IIOImage(image.getRaster(), null, null)
+                : new IIOImage(image.getRenderedImage(), null, null);
+    }
+
     // TODO: Candidate util method
     private ImageWriteParam copyParams(final ImageWriteParam param, final ImageWriter writer) {
         if (param == null) {
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriterTest.java b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriterTest.java
index a74a9e70..f4d1dd4c 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriterTest.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-tiff/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/tiff/TIFFImageWriterTest.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.Directory;
 import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.Entry;
 import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.tiff.Rational;
 import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.tiff.TIFF;
+import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.tiff.TIFFEntry;
 import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.tiff.TIFFReader;
 import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.stream.ByteArrayImageInputStream;
 import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.util.ImageTypeSpecifiers;
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.tiff.TIFF.TAG_X_RESOLUTION;
+import static com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.metadata.tiff.TIFF.TAG_Y_RESOLUTION;
 import static com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageMetadataFormat.SUN_NATIVE_IMAGE_METADATA_FORMAT_NAME;
 import static com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.plugins.tiff.TIFFImageMetadataTest.createTIFFFieldNode;
 import static com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.util.ImageReaderAbstractTest.assertRGBEquals;
@@ -133,8 +136,8 @@ public class TIFFImageWriterTest extends ImageWriterAbstractTest<TIFFImageWriter
             customMeta.appendChild(ifd);
 
             createTIFFFieldNode(ifd, TIFF.TAG_RESOLUTION_UNIT, TIFF.TYPE_SHORT, resolutionUnitValue);
-            createTIFFFieldNode(ifd, TIFF.TAG_X_RESOLUTION, TIFF.TYPE_RATIONAL, resolutionValue);
-            createTIFFFieldNode(ifd, TIFF.TAG_Y_RESOLUTION, TIFF.TYPE_RATIONAL, resolutionValue);
+            createTIFFFieldNode(ifd, TAG_X_RESOLUTION, TIFF.TYPE_RATIONAL, resolutionValue);
+            createTIFFFieldNode(ifd, TAG_Y_RESOLUTION, TIFF.TYPE_RATIONAL, resolutionValue);
 
             metadata.mergeTree(nativeFormat, customMeta);
 
@@ -153,11 +156,11 @@ public class TIFFImageWriterTest extends ImageWriterAbstractTest<TIFFImageWriter
         assertNotNull(resolutionUnit);
         assertEquals(resolutionUnitValue, ((Number) resolutionUnit.getValue()).intValue());
 
-        Entry xResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_X_RESOLUTION);
+        Entry xResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TAG_X_RESOLUTION);
         assertNotNull(xResolution);
         assertEquals(resolutionValue, xResolution.getValue());
 
-        Entry yResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_Y_RESOLUTION);
+        Entry yResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TAG_Y_RESOLUTION);
         assertNotNull(yResolution);
         assertEquals(resolutionValue, yResolution.getValue());
     }
@@ -272,11 +275,11 @@ public class TIFFImageWriterTest extends ImageWriterAbstractTest<TIFFImageWriter
         assertNotNull(resolutionUnit);
         assertEquals(resolutionUnitValue, ((Number) resolutionUnit.getValue()).intValue());
 
-        Entry xResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_X_RESOLUTION);
+        Entry xResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TAG_X_RESOLUTION);
         assertNotNull(xResolution);
         assertEquals(expectedResolutionValue, xResolution.getValue());
 
-        Entry yResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_Y_RESOLUTION);
+        Entry yResolution = ifds.getEntryById(TAG_Y_RESOLUTION);
         assertNotNull(yResolution);
         assertEquals(expectedResolutionValue, yResolution.getValue());
     }
@@ -1358,6 +1361,25 @@ public class TIFFImageWriterTest extends ImageWriterAbstractTest<TIFFImageWriter
         assertEquals(TIFFBaseline.PHOTOMETRIC_PALETTE, directory.getEntryById(TIFF.TAG_PHOTOMETRIC_INTERPRETATION).getValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testWriteJPEGCompressedShouldNotPassMetadata() throws IOException {
+        BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(10, 10, BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR);
+
+        try (ImageOutputStream output = new NullImageOutputStream()) {
+            ImageWriter imageWriter = createWriter();
+            imageWriter.setOutput(output);
+
+            ImageWriteParam param = imageWriter.getDefaultWriteParam();
+            param.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_EXPLICIT);
+            param.setCompressionType("JPEG");
+
+            // From #815
+            // Prior to fix, this would throw IIOException: Metadata components != number of destination bands
+            // (empty metadata defaults to 1 channel gray, while image data is 3 channel BGR)
+            imageWriter.write(null, new IIOImage(image, null, new TIFFImageMetadata()), param);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testShortOverflowHuge() throws IOException {
         int width = 34769;