diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
index 021ff2788c1bca43a8601452a2e34a9af538fdd5..8f33757be80cef4d74d8c22501ce8fe71beb5fd4 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
@@ -574,13 +574,18 @@ bool  TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params)
       || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_SAMPLESPERPIXEL, channels)
       || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PLANARCONFIG, PLANARCONFIG_CONTIG)
       || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, rowsPerStrip)
-      || !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, predictor)
        )
     {
         TIFFClose(pTiffHandle);
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (compression != COMPRESSION_NONE && !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, predictor) )
+    {
+        TIFFClose(pTiffHandle);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // row buffer, because TIFFWriteScanline modifies the original data!
     size_t scanlineSize = TIFFScanlineSize(pTiffHandle);
     AutoBuffer<uchar> _buffer(scanlineSize+32);