diff --git a/Tests/test_imageops.py b/Tests/test_imageops.py
index ff2445a51..8f72202eb 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imageops.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imageops.py
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ def test_exif_transpose():
                     else:
                         assert transposed_im.info["exif"] != original_exif
 
+                        assert 0x0112 in im.getexif()
                         assert 0x0112 not in transposed_im.getexif()
 
                     # Repeat the operation to test that it does not keep transposing
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
index f9c35b2c6..8260c1a31 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageOps.py
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ def exif_transpose(image):
     }.get(orientation)
     if method is not None:
         transposed_image = image.transpose(method)
-        del exif[0x0112]
-        transposed_image.info["exif"] = exif.tobytes()
+        transposed_exif = transposed_image.getexif()
+        del transposed_exif[0x0112]
+        transposed_image.info["exif"] = transposed_exif.tobytes()
         return transposed_image
     return image.copy()