diff --git a/activestorage/lib/active_storage/analyzer/image_analyzer/vips.rb b/activestorage/lib/active_storage/analyzer/image_analyzer/vips.rb
index 44f15b73d0..cb4a6c2e07 100644
--- a/activestorage/lib/active_storage/analyzer/image_analyzer/vips.rb
+++ b/activestorage/lib/active_storage/analyzer/image_analyzer/vips.rb
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ def read_image
 
         download_blob_to_tempfile do |file|
           image = instrument("vips") do
+            # ruby-vips will raise Vips::Error if it can't find an appropriate loader for the file
             ::Vips::Image.new_from_file(file.path, access: :sequential)
+          rescue ::Vips::Error
+            logger.info "Skipping image analysis because Vips doesn't support the file"
+            nil
           end
 
-          if valid_image?(image)
+          if image
             yield image
           else
-            logger.info "Skipping image analysis because Vips doesn't support the file"
             {}
           end
         rescue ::Vips::Error => error
@@ -40,12 +43,5 @@ def rotated_image?(image)
       rescue ::Vips::Error
         false
       end
-
-      def valid_image?(image)
-        image.avg
-        true
-      rescue ::Vips::Error
-        false
-      end
   end
 end