diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50db8037..2940828e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-12-03 Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
+
+	* tools/tiffcrop.c: fix integer division by zero when BitsPerSample is missing.
+	Reported by Agostina Sarubo.
+	Fixes http://bugzilla.maptools.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2619
+
 2016-12-03 Even Rouault <even.rouault at spatialys.com>
 
 	* tools/tiffcrop.c: add 3 extra bytes at end of strip buffer in
diff --git a/tools/tiffcrop.c b/tools/tiffcrop.c
index 9122aab3..21dd0872 100644
--- a/tools/tiffcrop.c
+++ b/tools/tiffcrop.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: tiffcrop.c,v 1.48 2016-12-03 12:19:32 erouault Exp $ */
+/* $Id: tiffcrop.c,v 1.49 2016-12-03 13:00:04 erouault Exp $ */
 
 /* tiffcrop.c -- a port of tiffcp.c extended to include manipulations of
  * the image data through additional options listed below
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@ writeBufferToSeparateStrips (TIFF* out, uint8* buf,
   tdata_t  obuf;
 
   (void) TIFFGetFieldDefaulted(out, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, &rowsperstrip);
-  (void) TIFFGetField(out, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, &bps);
+  (void) TIFFGetFieldDefaulted(out, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, &bps);
   bytes_per_sample = (bps + 7) / 8;
   if( width == 0 ||
       (uint32)bps * (uint32)spp > TIFF_UINT32_MAX / width ||
@@ -4760,7 +4760,7 @@ static int readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer (TIFF *in, uint8 *obuf, uint32 length,
   int i, bytes_per_sample, bytes_per_pixel, shift_width, result = 1;
   uint32 j;
   int32  bytes_read = 0;
-  uint16 bps, planar;
+  uint16 bps = 0, planar;
   uint32 nstrips;
   uint32 strips_per_sample;
   uint32 src_rowsize, dst_rowsize, rows_processed, rps;
@@ -4780,7 +4780,7 @@ static int readSeparateStripsIntoBuffer (TIFF *in, uint8 *obuf, uint32 length,
     }
 
   memset (srcbuffs, '\0', sizeof(srcbuffs));
-  TIFFGetField(in, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, &bps);
+  TIFFGetFieldDefaulted(in, TIFFTAG_BITSPERSAMPLE, &bps);
   TIFFGetFieldDefaulted(in, TIFFTAG_PLANARCONFIG, &planar);
   TIFFGetFieldDefaulted(in, TIFFTAG_ROWSPERSTRIP, &rps);
   if (rps > length)