diff --git a/pdf.js b/pdf.js
index 1b80424d6..8a7c645ce 100644
--- a/pdf.js
+++ b/pdf.js
@@ -5431,7 +5431,7 @@ var ColorSpace = (function colorSpaceColorSpace() {
 
   constructor.parse = function colorspace_parse(cs, xref, res) {
     if (IsName(cs)) {
-      var colorSpaces = res.get('ColorSpace');
+      var colorSpaces = xref.fetchIfRef(res.get('ColorSpace'));
       if (IsDict(colorSpaces)) {
         var refcs = colorSpaces.get(cs.name);
         if (refcs)
diff --git a/test/pdfs/hudsonsurvey.pdf.link b/test/pdfs/hudsonsurvey.pdf.link
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab3b730db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/hudsonsurvey.pdf.link
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12421789/survey.pdf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index edf13b7c5..231857fa8 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -145,5 +145,11 @@
        "link": true,
        "rounds": 1,
        "type": "load"
+    },
+    {  "id": "hudsonsurvey",
+       "file": "pdfs/hudsonsurvey.pdf",
+       "link": true,
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "type": "load"
     }
 ]