diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/tiff/TiffParser.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/tiff/TiffParser.java
index 809bd5d3356..9658bfd21fa 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/tiff/TiffParser.java
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/tiff/TiffParser.java
@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ public Object getIFDValue(TiffIFDEntry entry) throws IOException {
         offset &= 0xffffffffL;
         offset += 0x100000000L;
       }
+      if (offset >= in.length()) {
+        return null;
+      }
       in.seek(offset);
     }