diff --git a/picard/coverartimage.py b/picard/coverartimage.py
index 3e79ced63..735d450e6 100644
--- a/picard/coverartimage.py
+++ b/picard/coverartimage.py
@@ -304,10 +304,13 @@ class CoverArtImage:
 
     @property
     def data(self):
-        """Reads the data from the temporary file created for this image. May
-        raise IOErrors or OSErrors.
+        """Reads the data from the temporary file created for this image.
+        May raise CoverArtImageIOError
         """
-        return self.datahash.data
+        try:
+            return self.datahash.data
+        except (OSError, IOError) as e:
+            raise CoverArtImageIOError(e)
 
     @property
     def tempfile_filename(self):
diff --git a/picard/ui/infodialog.py b/picard/ui/infodialog.py
index cf64a3962..0c5d24e47 100644
--- a/picard/ui/infodialog.py
+++ b/picard/ui/infodialog.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import traceback
 from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore
 from picard import log
 from picard.coverartarchive import translate_caa_type
+from picard.coverartimage import CoverArtImageIOError
 from picard.util import format_time, encode_filename, bytes2human
 from picard.ui import PicardDialog
 from picard.ui.ui_infodialog import Ui_InfoDialog
@@ -57,11 +58,12 @@ class InfoDialog(PicardDialog):
                 if image.thumbnail:
                     try:
                         data = image.thumbnail.data
-                    except:
+                    except CoverArtImageIOError as e:
+                        log.warning(unicode(e))
                         pass
                 else:
                     data = image.data
-            except (OSError, IOError) as e:
+            except CoverArtImageIOError:
                 log.error(traceback.format_exc())
                 continue
             item = QtGui.QListWidgetItem()