--- a/tools/tiffcp.c
+++ b/tools/tiffcp.c
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ DECLAREcpFunc(cpDecodedStrips)
 		tstrip_t s, ns = TIFFNumberOfStrips(in);
 		uint32 row = 0;
 		_TIFFmemset(buf, 0, stripsize);
-		for (s = 0; s < ns; s++) {
+		for (s = 0; s < ns && row < imagelength; s++) {
 			tsize_t cc = (row + rowsperstrip > imagelength) ?
 			    TIFFVStripSize(in, imagelength - row) : stripsize;
 			if (TIFFReadEncodedStrip(in, s, buf, cc) < 0