diff --git a/src/core/stream.js b/src/core/stream.js
index 687c7c96f..2b818b9fb 100644
--- a/src/core/stream.js
+++ b/src/core/stream.js
@@ -2044,6 +2044,10 @@ var CCITTFaxStream = (function CCITTFaxStreamClosure() {
 
       var gotEOL = false;
 
+      if (this.byteAlign) {
+        this.inputBits &= ~7;
+      }
+
       if (!this.eoblock && this.row === this.rows - 1) {
         this.eof = true;
       } else {
@@ -2067,10 +2071,6 @@ var CCITTFaxStream = (function CCITTFaxStreamClosure() {
         }
       }
 
-      if (this.byteAlign && !gotEOL) {
-        this.inputBits &= ~7;
-      }
-
       if (!this.eof && this.encoding > 0) {
         this.nextLine2D = !this.lookBits(1);
         this.eatBits(1);
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue5726.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/issue5726.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2784200b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue5726.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://digipool.bib-bvb.de/bvb/info/OCR_with_TIFFG4.pdf
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index e61bce51b..0bc8ac32d 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -1606,6 +1606,13 @@
        "lastPage": 1,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue5726",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue5726.pdf",
+       "md5": "f52f31ad3da316b599cade875ab049db",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": true,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "bug816075",
       "file": "pdfs/bug816075.pdf",
       "md5": "7ec87c115c1f9ec41234cc7002555e82",