diff --git a/Tests/images/zero_bb_eof_before_boundingbox.eps b/Tests/images/zero_bb_eof_before_boundingbox.eps
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c268bffd1
Binary files /dev/null and b/Tests/images/zero_bb_eof_before_boundingbox.eps differ
diff --git a/Tests/images/zero_bb_trailer.eps b/Tests/images/zero_bb_trailer.eps
index 84ee7829c..964889965 100644
Binary files a/Tests/images/zero_bb_trailer.eps and b/Tests/images/zero_bb_trailer.eps differ
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_eps.py b/Tests/test_file_eps.py
index 21c1fd778..4f4d26fb1 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_eps.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_eps.py
@@ -406,10 +406,16 @@ def test_timeout(test_file):
                 pass
 
 
-def test_boundary_box_in_trailer():
-    # Check whether boundary boxes are parsed in the same way
-    # when specified in the header or the trailer
+def test_bounding_box_in_trailer():
+    # Check bounding boxes are parsed in the same way
+    # when specified in the header and the trailer
     with Image.open("Tests/images/zero_bb_trailer.eps") as trailer_image, Image.open(
         FILE1
     ) as header_image:
         assert trailer_image.size == header_image.size
+
+
+def test_eof_before_bounding_box():
+    with pytest.raises(OSError):
+        with Image.open("Tests/images/zero_bb_eof_before_boundingbox.eps"):
+            pass
diff --git a/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
index 16cfe2ab2..95af62540 100644
--- a/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/EpsImagePlugin.py
@@ -245,6 +245,34 @@ class EpsImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
                 msg = 'EPS header missing "%%BoundingBox" comment'
                 raise SyntaxError(msg)
 
+        def _read_comment(s):
+            nonlocal reading_trailer_comments
+            try:
+                m = split.match(s)
+            except re.error as e:
+                msg = "not an EPS file"
+                raise SyntaxError(msg) from e
+
+            if m:
+                k, v = m.group(1, 2)
+                self.info[k] = v
+                if k == "BoundingBox":
+                    if v == "(atend)":
+                        reading_trailer_comments = True
+                    elif not self._size or reading_trailer_comments:
+                        try:
+                            # Note: The DSC spec says that BoundingBox
+                            # fields should be integers, but some drivers
+                            # put floating point values there anyway.
+                            box = [int(float(i)) for i in v.split()]
+                            self._size = box[2] - box[0], box[3] - box[1]
+                            self.tile = [
+                                ("eps", (0, 0) + self.size, offset, (length, box))
+                            ]
+                        except Exception:
+                            pass
+                return True
+
         while True:
             byte = self.fp.read(1)
             if byte == b"":
@@ -289,22 +317,7 @@ class EpsImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
                     continue
 
                 s = str(bytes_mv[:bytes_read], "latin-1")
-
-                try:
-                    m = split.match(s)
-                except re.error as e:
-                    msg = "not an EPS file"
-                    raise SyntaxError(msg) from e
-
-                if m:
-                    k, v = m.group(1, 2)
-                    self.info[k] = v
-                    if k == "BoundingBox":
-                        if v == "(atend)":
-                            reading_trailer_comments = True
-                        else:
-                            self._read_boundary_box(v, offset, length)
-                else:
+                if not _read_comment(s):
                     m = field.match(s)
                     if m:
                         k = m.group(1)
@@ -354,27 +367,13 @@ class EpsImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
                 # Load EPS trailer
 
                 # if this line starts with "%%EOF",
-                # then we've reached the end of the trailer
+                # then we've reached the end of the file
                 if bytes_mv[:5] == b"%%EOF":
-                    reading_trailer_comments = False
-                    continue
+                    break
 
                 s = str(bytes_mv[:bytes_read], "latin-1")
-
-                try:
-                    m = split.match(s)
-                except re.error as e:
-                    msg = "not an EPS file"
-                    raise SyntaxError(msg) from e
-
-                if m:
-                    k, v = m.group(1, 2)
-                    self.info[k] = v
-                    if k == "BoundingBox":
-                        if not self._size:
-                            self._read_boundary_box(v, offset, length)
-
-            if bytes_mv[:9] == b"%%Trailer":
+                _read_comment(s)
+            elif bytes_mv[:9] == b"%%Trailer":
                 trailer_reached = True
             bytes_read = 0
 
@@ -407,17 +406,6 @@ class EpsImageFile(ImageFile.ImageFile):
 
         return length, offset
 
-    def _read_boundary_box(self, v, offset, length):
-        try:
-            # Note: The DSC spec says that BoundingBox
-            # fields should be integers, but some drivers
-            # put floating point values there anyway.
-            box = [int(float(i)) for i in v.split()]
-            self._size = box[2] - box[0], box[3] - box[1]
-            self.tile = [("eps", (0, 0) + self.size, offset, (length, box))]
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
     def load(self, scale=1, transparency=False):
         # Load EPS via Ghostscript
         if self.tile: