diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tga.py b/Tests/test_file_tga.py
index a27b3ffba..3450c9274 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tga.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tga.py
@@ -65,10 +65,15 @@ def test_sanity(tmp_path):
                         roundtrip(original_im)
 
 
-def test_palette_depth_16():
+def test_palette_depth_16(tmp_path):
     with Image.open("Tests/images/p_16.tga") as im:
         assert_image_equal_tofile(im.convert("RGB"), "Tests/images/p_16.png")
 
+        out = str(tmp_path / "temp.png")
+        im.save(out)
+        with Image.open(out) as reloaded:
+            assert_image_equal_tofile(reloaded.convert("RGB"), "Tests/images/p_16.png")
+
 
 def test_id_field():
     # tga file with id field
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 28bcf4f00..8fb7ea576 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ class Image:
                 arr = bytes(
                     value for (index, value) in enumerate(arr) if index % 4 != 3
                 )
-            self.im.putpalette(mode, arr)
+            palette_length = self.im.putpalette(mode, arr)
             self.palette.dirty = 0
             self.palette.rawmode = None
             if "transparency" in self.info:
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ class Image:
                 self.palette.mode = "RGBA"
             else:
                 self.palette.mode = "RGB"
+                self.palette.palette = self.im.getpalette()[: palette_length * 3]
 
         if self.im:
             if cffi and USE_CFFI_ACCESS:
diff --git a/src/_imaging.c b/src/_imaging.c
index 28acbf35a..e2193fec3 100644
--- a/src/_imaging.c
+++ b/src/_imaging.c
@@ -1663,8 +1663,7 @@ _putpalette(ImagingObject *self, PyObject *args) {
 
     unpack(self->image->palette->palette, palette, palettesize * 8 / bits);
 
-    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-    return Py_None;
+    return PyLong_FromLong(palettesize * 8 / bits);
 }
 
 static PyObject *