diff --git a/Tests/images/exif_transpose_rational_mismatch.jpg b/Tests/images/exif_transpose_rational_mismatch.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c98e64357
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/exif_transpose_rational_mismatch.jpg differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_imageops.py b/Tests/test_imageops.py
index af78c1197..40b6440dd 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imageops.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imageops.py
@@ -307,3 +307,10 @@ def test_exif_transpose():
                     "Tests/images/hopper_orientation_" + str(i) + ext
                 ) as orientation_im:
                     check(orientation_im)
+
+
+def test_exif_transpose_metadata_error():
+    with Image.open("Tests/images/exif_transpose_rational_mismatch.jpg") as img:
+        transposed = ImageOps.exif_transpose(img)
+        parsed_exif = transposed.getexif()
+        assert parsed_exif[318] == [(313, 1000), (329, 1000)]
diff --git a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 74fb69516..59985e119 100644
--- a/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -258,8 +258,9 @@ def _accept(prefix):
 
 
 def _limit_rational(val, max_val):
-    inv = abs(val) > 1
-    n_d = IFDRational(1 / val if inv else val).limit_rational(max_val)
+    ifd_val = IFDRational(val[0], val[1]) if isinstance(val, tuple) else val
+    inv = abs(ifd_val) > 1
+    n_d = IFDRational(1 / ifd_val if inv else ifd_val).limit_rational(max_val)
     return n_d[::-1] if inv else n_d