diff --git a/tools/tiff2pdf.c b/tools/tiff2pdf.c
index 92a1a3d..312a946 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;