diff --git a/tools/tiff2pdf.c b/tools/tiff2pdf.c

index 92a1a3d..26a1acb 100644

--- a/tools/tiff2pdf.c

+++ b/tools/tiff2pdf.c

@@ -2462,6 +2462,7 @@ tsize_t t2p_readwrite_pdf_image(T2P* t2p, TIFF* input, TIFF* output){

 					TIFFFileName(input));

 				t2p->t2p_error = T2P_ERR_ERROR;

 			  _TIFFfree(buffer);

+                return(0);

 			} else {

 				buffer=samplebuffer;

 				t2p->tiff_datasize *= t2p->tiff_samplesperpixel;