diff --git a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageReader.java b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageReader.java
index 64b2d18ba7f..5b51dc06138 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageReader.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageReader.java
@@ -630,8 +630,8 @@ public class BMPImageReader extends ImageReader implements BMPConstants {
 
             iis.mark();
             iis.skipBytes(profileData - size);
-            byte[] profile = new byte[profileSize];
-            iis.readFully(profile, 0, profileSize);
+            byte[] profile = ReaderUtil.
+                    staggeredReadByteStream(iis, profileSize);
             iis.reset();
 
             try {