diff --git a/src/core/xref.js b/src/core/xref.js
index 401fb0024..35ea6e7d9 100644
--- a/src/core/xref.js
+++ b/src/core/xref.js
@@ -590,6 +590,10 @@ class XRef {
     if (trailerDict) {
       return trailerDict;
     }
+    // No trailer dictionary found, taking the "top"-dictionary (if exists).
+    if (this.topDict) {
+      return this.topDict;
+    }
     // nothing helps
     throw new InvalidPDFException("Invalid PDF structure.");
   }
@@ -680,6 +684,8 @@ class XRef {
         throw e;
       }
       info("(while reading XRef): " + e);
+
+      this.startXRefQueue.shift();
     }
 
     if (recoveryMode) {
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue14269.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/issue14269.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02d7011a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue14269.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/files/7529789/test.pdf
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index d06be788a..1bd10bd55 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -91,6 +91,14 @@
        "rounds": 1,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue14269",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue14269.pdf",
+       "md5": "f34abf77a418f54e13fbcd03b063432e",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": true,
+       "lastPage": 1,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "issue11549",
        "file": "pdfs/issue11549_reduced.pdf",
        "md5": "a1ea636f413e02e10dbdf379ab4a99ae",