diff -Naur tiff-3.9.2.orig/libtiff/tif_getimage.c tiff-3.9.2/libtiff/tif_getimage.c
--- tiff-3.9.2.orig/libtiff/tif_getimage.c	2009-08-30 12:21:46.000000000 -0400
+++ tiff-3.9.2/libtiff/tif_getimage.c	2010-06-11 12:06:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@
 			}
 			break;
 		case PHOTOMETRIC_YCBCR:
-			if (img->bitspersample == 8)
+			if ((img->bitspersample==8) && (img->samplesperpixel==3))
 			{
 				if (initYCbCrConversion(img)!=0)
 				{