diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageTk.py b/src/PIL/ImageTk.py
index c817ab09c..bf29fdba5 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageTk.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageTk.py
@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ class BitmapImage:
         self.__photo = tkinter.BitmapImage(data=image.tobitmap(), **kw)
 
     def __del__(self) -> None:
-        if not hasattr(self, "__photo"):
+        try:
+            name = self.__photo.name
+        except AttributeError:
             return
-        name = self.__photo.name
         self.__photo.name = None
         try:
             self.__photo.tk.call("image", "delete", name)