diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
index 136f6dcdab..74d08bf634 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/image.php
@@ -776,6 +776,10 @@ function wp_read_image_metadata( $file ) {
 				$iptc = @iptcparse( $info['APP13'] );
 			}
 
+			if ( ! is_array( $iptc ) ) {
+				$iptc = array();
+			}
+
 			// Headline, "A brief synopsis of the caption".
 			if ( ! empty( $iptc['2#105'][0] ) ) {
 				$meta['title'] = trim( $iptc['2#105'][0] );
@@ -845,6 +849,10 @@ function wp_read_image_metadata( $file ) {
 			$exif = @exif_read_data( $file );
 		}
 
+		if ( ! is_array( $exif ) ) {
+			$exif = array();
+		}
+
 		if ( ! empty( $exif['ImageDescription'] ) ) {
 			mbstring_binary_safe_encoding();
 			$description_length = strlen( $exif['ImageDescription'] );