diff --git a/coders/viff.c b/coders/viff.c
index aaba9f6..0241ad0 100644
--- a/coders/viff.c
+++ b/coders/viff.c
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
       Initialize VIFF image structure.
     */
     if (IsRGBColorspace(image->colorspace) == MagickFalse)
-      (void) TransformImageColorspace(image,RGBColorspace);
+      (void) TransformImageColorspace(image,RGBColorspace,exception);
     if (IsImageGray(image,exception) != MagickFalse)
       (void) SetImageStorageClass(image,DirectClass,exception);
     viff_info.identifier=(char) 0xab;