diff --git a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/in/TiffReader.java b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/in/TiffReader.java
index b2df38e58f3..7428a2c4ca3 100644
--- a/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/in/TiffReader.java
+++ b/components/formats-bsd/src/loci/formats/in/TiffReader.java
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ else if (eq > 0) {
       t = getImageCount();
     }
     m.dimensionOrder = "XYCZT";
+    m.orderCertain = true;
 
     if (z * t * (isRGB() ? 1 : c) == ifds.size()) {
       m.sizeZ = z;