diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 621ac5a4ecc..d4f2a7b6d54 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class _Tile(NamedTuple):
     encoder_name: str
     extents: tuple[int, int, int, int]
     offset: int
-    args: tuple
+    args: tuple | str | None
 
 
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