diff --git a/src/imageformats/pic.cpp b/src/imageformats/pic.cpp
--- a/src/imageformats/pic.cpp
+++ b/src/imageformats/pic.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@
         PicChannel channel;
         s >> chained;
         s >> channel.size;
-        quint8 encoding;
-        s >> encoding;
-        channel.encoding = PicChannelEncoding(encoding);
+        s >> channel.encoding;
         s >> channel.code;
         channels << channel;
         ++count;
diff --git a/src/imageformats/pic_p.h b/src/imageformats/pic_p.h
--- a/src/imageformats/pic_p.h
+++ b/src/imageformats/pic_p.h
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
  */
 struct PicChannel {
     quint8 size; /**< Bits per component per pixel. */
-    PicChannelEncoding encoding; /**< How the channel's data is encoded. */
+    quint8 encoding; /**< How the channel's data is encoded. */
     quint8 code; /**< Flag field to describe which components are encoded in
                       this channel. */