diff --git a/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py b/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
index 95a057754..1b1665a69 100644
--- a/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ def _getexif(self):
     # get exif extension
     try:
         file.seek(exif[0x8769])
-    except KeyError:
+    except (KeyError, TypeError):
         pass
     else:
         info = TiffImagePlugin.ImageFileDirectory(head)
diff --git a/Tests/images/exif_typeerror.jpg b/Tests/images/exif_typeerror.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..550859a0a
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/exif_typeerror.jpg differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py b/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py
index 25c599a17..371b7037b 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_jpeg.py
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ class TestFileJpeg(PillowTestCase):
         im = hopper()
         im.save(f, 'JPEG', quality=90, exif=b"1"*65532)
 
+    def test_exif_typeerror(self):
+        im = Image.open('Tests/images/exif_typeerror.jpg')
+
+        # Should not raise a TypeError
+        im._getexif()
+
     def test_progressive_compat(self):
         im1 = self.roundtrip(hopper())
         im2 = self.roundtrip(hopper(), progressive=1)