diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 203ba7f3b10..b784bdc1b5b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Implement GH-10217 (Use strlen() for determining the class_name length).
     (Dennis Buteyn)
 
+- Exif:
+  . Removed unneeded codepaths in exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG(). (nielsdos)
+
 - Fileinfo:
   . Upgrade bundled libmagic to 5.43. (Anatol)
 
diff --git a/ext/exif/exif.c b/ext/exif/exif.c
index a6db8745b3a..5d77d950a91 100644
--- a/ext/exif/exif.c
+++ b/ext/exif/exif.c
@@ -3679,11 +3679,6 @@ static void exif_process_TIFF_in_JPEG(image_info_type *ImageInfo, char *CharBuf,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (length < 2) {
-		exif_error_docref(NULL EXIFERR_CC, ImageInfo, E_WARNING, "Missing TIFF alignment marker");
-		return;
-	}
-
 	/* set the thumbnail stuff to nothing so we can test to see if they get set up */
 	if (memcmp(CharBuf, "II", 2) == 0) {
 		ImageInfo->motorola_intel = 0;
@@ -3810,12 +3805,6 @@ static bool exif_scan_JPEG_header(image_info_type *ImageInfo)
 
 		fpos = php_stream_tell(ImageInfo->infile);
 
-		if (marker == 0xff) {
-			/* 0xff is legal padding, but if we get that many, something's wrong. */
-			exif_error_docref(NULL EXIFERR_CC, ImageInfo, E_WARNING, "To many padding bytes");
-			return false;
-		}
-
 		/* Read the length of the section. */
 		if ((lh = php_stream_getc(ImageInfo->infile)) == (unsigned int)EOF) {
 			EXIF_ERRLOG_CORRUPT(ImageInfo)