diff --git a/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
index 3a71b35cf..fcc2463b8 100644
--- a/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ class EpsImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
 
                 s = str(bytes_mv[:bytes_read], "latin-1")
                 _read_comment(s)
-
-            if bytes_mv[:9] == b"%%Trailer":
+            elif bytes_mv[:9] == b"%%Trailer":
                 trailer_reached = True
             bytes_read = 0