diff --git a/modules/images.py b/modules/images.py
index dcf5d90c782..38404de3dc1 100644
--- a/modules/images.py
+++ b/modules/images.py
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ def _atomically_save_image(image_to_save, filename_without_extension, extension)
         elif extension.lower() in (".jpg", ".jpeg", ".webp"):
             if image_to_save.mode == 'RGBA':
                 image_to_save = image_to_save.convert("RGB")
+            elif image_to_save.mode == 'I;16':
+                image_to_save = image_to_save.point(lambda p: p * 0.0038910505836576).convert("RGB" if extension.lower() == ".webp" else "L")
 
             image_to_save.save(temp_file_path, format=image_format, quality=opts.jpeg_quality)