diff --git a/src/pipeline.cc b/src/pipeline.cc
index 45b8550d..20f2a645 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.cc
+++ b/src/pipeline.cc
@@ -774,20 +774,6 @@ class PipelineWorker : public AsyncWorker {
         image = Normalize(image);
       }
 
-      // Convert image to sRGB, if not already
-      if (Is16Bit(image.interpretation())) {
-        image = image.cast(VIPS_FORMAT_USHORT);
-      }
-      if (image.interpretation() != VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB) {
-        image = image.colourspace(VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB);
-        // Transform colours from embedded profile to sRGB profile
-        if (baton->withMetadata && HasProfile(image)) {
-          image = image.icc_transform(const_cast<char*>(srgbProfile.data()), VImage::option()
-            ->set("embedded", TRUE)
-          );
-        }
-      }
-
       // Apply bitwise boolean operation between images
       if (baton->booleanOp != VIPS_OPERATION_BOOLEAN_LAST &&
           (baton->booleanBufferInLength > 0 || !baton->booleanFileIn.empty())) {
@@ -840,6 +826,20 @@ class PipelineWorker : public AsyncWorker {
         image = image.extract_band(baton->extractChannel);
       }
 
+      // Convert image to sRGB, if not already
+      if (Is16Bit(image.interpretation())) {
+        image = image.cast(VIPS_FORMAT_USHORT);
+      }
+      if (image.interpretation() != VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB) {
+        image = image.colourspace(VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB);
+        // Transform colours from embedded profile to sRGB profile
+        if (baton->withMetadata && HasProfile(image)) {
+          image = image.icc_transform(const_cast<char*>(srgbProfile.data()), VImage::option()
+            ->set("embedded", TRUE)
+          );
+        }
+      }
+
       // Override EXIF Orientation tag
       if (baton->withMetadata && baton->withMetadataOrientation != -1) {
         SetExifOrientation(image, baton->withMetadataOrientation);
diff --git a/test/unit/extractChannel.js b/test/unit/extractChannel.js
index 843b8567..60f69b5f 100644
--- a/test/unit/extractChannel.js
+++ b/test/unit/extractChannel.js
@@ -69,4 +69,13 @@ describe('Image channel extraction', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  it('Non-existant channel', function(done) {
+    sharp(fixtures.inputPng)
+      .extractChannel(1)
+      .toBuffer(function(err) {
+        assert(err instanceof Error);
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+
 });