diff --git a/src/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
index 74130854fbc..978277b5473 100644
--- a/src/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def getxmp(self):
 
         for segment, content in self.applist:
             if segment == "APP1":
-                marker, xmp_tags = content.rsplit(b"\x00", 1)
+                marker, xmp_tags = content.strip(b"\x00").rsplit(b"\x00", 1)
                 if marker == b"http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/":
                     return self._getxmp(xmp_tags)
         return {}