diff --git a/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx b/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx
index ea0576257be25530321185d565e7f701582c427d..75a176120a7b58ab3ca11d0350bbe310f76cce34 100755
--- a/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx
+++ b/Code/IO/otbGDALImageIO.cxx
@@ -317,7 +317,9 @@ void GDALImageIO::InternalReadImageInformation()
     // (take time to check !!)
     if(m_PxType == GDT_Byte)
       {
-      SetComponentType(CHAR);
+// OTB-FA-00006-CS
+//      SetComponentType(CHAR);
+      SetComponentType(UCHAR);
       }
     else if(m_PxType == GDT_UInt16)
       {