From 1a7cb317be40c275d35ea975a858bbc81ef3cdd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander <homm86@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 02:39:53 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] load image before getting channels

---
 PIL/Image.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/PIL/Image.py b/PIL/Image.py
index f67009452..db26b9f20 100644
--- a/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/PIL/Image.py
@@ -1968,6 +1968,7 @@ class Image(object):
         ("A" for alpha channel of "RGBA").
         :returns: An image in "L" mode.
         """
+        self.load()
 
         if isStringType(channel) and len(channel) == 1:
             if channel in self.im.mode: