diff --git a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java
index 79a31fd71b0..a2d7e7ecafc 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/png/PNGImageReader.java
@@ -735,7 +735,11 @@ public class PNGImageReader extends ImageReader {
                     parse_iCCP_chunk(chunkLength);
                     break;
                 case iTXt_TYPE:
-                    parse_iTXt_chunk(chunkLength);
+                    if (ignoreMetadata) {
+                        stream.skipBytes(chunkLength);
+                    } else {
+                        parse_iTXt_chunk(chunkLength);
+                    }
                     break;
                 case pHYs_TYPE:
                     parse_pHYs_chunk();
@@ -759,7 +763,11 @@ public class PNGImageReader extends ImageReader {
                     parse_tRNS_chunk(chunkLength);
                     break;
                 case zTXt_TYPE:
-                    parse_zTXt_chunk(chunkLength);
+                    if (ignoreMetadata) {
+                        stream.skipBytes(chunkLength);
+                    } else {
+                        parse_zTXt_chunk(chunkLength);
+                    }
                     break;
                 default:
                     // Read an unknown chunk