diff --git a/src/demux/demux.c b/src/demux/demux.c
index 08a7c8ed..b6639700 100644
--- a/src/demux/demux.c
+++ b/src/demux/demux.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct WebPDemuxer {
   Frame* frames_;
   Frame** frames_tail_;
   Chunk* chunks_;  // non-image chunks
+  Chunk** chunks_tail_;
 };
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -179,10 +180,9 @@ static WEBP_INLINE uint32_t ReadLE32(MemBuffer* const mem) {
 // Secondary chunk parsing
 
 static void AddChunk(WebPDemuxer* const dmux, Chunk* const chunk) {
-  Chunk** c = &dmux->chunks_;
-  while (*c != NULL) c = &(*c)->next_;
-  *c = chunk;
+  *dmux->chunks_tail_ = chunk;
   chunk->next_ = NULL;
+  dmux->chunks_tail_ = &chunk->next_;
 }
 
 // Add a frame to the end of the list, ensuring the last frame is complete.
@@ -466,36 +466,12 @@ static ParseStatus ParseSingleImage(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
   return status;
 }
 
-static ParseStatus ParseVP8X(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
+static ParseStatus ParseVP8XChunks(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
+  const int is_animation = !!(dmux->feature_flags_ & ANIMATION_FLAG);
   MemBuffer* const mem = &dmux->mem_;
   int anim_chunks = 0;
-  uint32_t vp8x_size;
   ParseStatus status = PARSE_OK;
 
-  if (MemDataSize(mem) < CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE) return PARSE_NEED_MORE_DATA;
-
-  dmux->is_ext_format_ = 1;
-  Skip(mem, TAG_SIZE);  // VP8X
-  vp8x_size = ReadLE32(mem);
-  if (vp8x_size > MAX_CHUNK_PAYLOAD) return PARSE_ERROR;
-  if (vp8x_size < VP8X_CHUNK_SIZE) return PARSE_ERROR;
-  vp8x_size += vp8x_size & 1;
-  if (SizeIsInvalid(mem, vp8x_size)) return PARSE_ERROR;
-  if (MemDataSize(mem) < vp8x_size) return PARSE_NEED_MORE_DATA;
-
-  dmux->feature_flags_ = ReadByte(mem);
-  Skip(mem, 3);  // Reserved.
-  dmux->canvas_width_  = 1 + ReadLE24s(mem);
-  dmux->canvas_height_ = 1 + ReadLE24s(mem);
-  if (dmux->canvas_width_ * (uint64_t)dmux->canvas_height_ >= MAX_IMAGE_AREA) {
-    return PARSE_ERROR;  // image final dimension is too large
-  }
-  Skip(mem, vp8x_size - VP8X_CHUNK_SIZE);  // skip any trailing data.
-  dmux->state_ = WEBP_DEMUX_PARSED_HEADER;
-
-  if (SizeIsInvalid(mem, CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE)) return PARSE_ERROR;
-  if (MemDataSize(mem) < CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE) return PARSE_NEED_MORE_DATA;
-
   do {
     int store_chunk = 1;
     const size_t chunk_start_offset = mem->start_;
@@ -513,7 +489,6 @@ static ParseStatus ParseVP8X(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
       case MKFOURCC('A', 'L', 'P', 'H'):
       case MKFOURCC('V', 'P', '8', ' '):
       case MKFOURCC('V', 'P', '8', 'L'): {
-        const int is_animation = !!(dmux->feature_flags_ & ANIMATION_FLAG);
         // check that this isn't an animation (all frames should be in an ANMF).
         if (anim_chunks > 0 || is_animation) return PARSE_ERROR;
 
@@ -552,14 +527,14 @@ static ParseStatus ParseVP8X(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
         store_chunk = !!(dmux->feature_flags_ & ICCP_FLAG);
         goto Skip;
       }
-      case MKFOURCC('X', 'M', 'P', ' '): {
-        store_chunk = !!(dmux->feature_flags_ & XMP_FLAG);
-        goto Skip;
-      }
       case MKFOURCC('E', 'X', 'I', 'F'): {
         store_chunk = !!(dmux->feature_flags_ & EXIF_FLAG);
         goto Skip;
       }
+      case MKFOURCC('X', 'M', 'P', ' '): {
+        store_chunk = !!(dmux->feature_flags_ & XMP_FLAG);
+        goto Skip;
+      }
  Skip:
       default: {
         if (chunk_size_padded <= MemDataSize(mem)) {
@@ -588,6 +563,37 @@ static ParseStatus ParseVP8X(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
   return status;
 }
 
+static ParseStatus ParseVP8X(WebPDemuxer* const dmux) {
+  MemBuffer* const mem = &dmux->mem_;
+  uint32_t vp8x_size;
+
+  if (MemDataSize(mem) < CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE) return PARSE_NEED_MORE_DATA;
+
+  dmux->is_ext_format_ = 1;
+  Skip(mem, TAG_SIZE);  // VP8X
+  vp8x_size = ReadLE32(mem);
+  if (vp8x_size > MAX_CHUNK_PAYLOAD) return PARSE_ERROR;
+  if (vp8x_size < VP8X_CHUNK_SIZE) return PARSE_ERROR;
+  vp8x_size += vp8x_size & 1;
+  if (SizeIsInvalid(mem, vp8x_size)) return PARSE_ERROR;
+  if (MemDataSize(mem) < vp8x_size) return PARSE_NEED_MORE_DATA;
+
+  dmux->feature_flags_ = ReadByte(mem);
+  Skip(mem, 3);  // Reserved.
+  dmux->canvas_width_  = 1 + ReadLE24s(mem);
+  dmux->canvas_height_ = 1 + ReadLE24s(mem);
+  if (dmux->canvas_width_ * (uint64_t)dmux->canvas_height_ >= MAX_IMAGE_AREA) {
+    return PARSE_ERROR;  // image final dimension is too large
+  }
+  Skip(mem, vp8x_size - VP8X_CHUNK_SIZE);  // skip any trailing data.
+  dmux->state_ = WEBP_DEMUX_PARSED_HEADER;
+
+  if (SizeIsInvalid(mem, CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE)) return PARSE_ERROR;
+  if (MemDataSize(mem) < CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE) return PARSE_NEED_MORE_DATA;
+
+  return ParseVP8XChunks(dmux);
+}
+
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Format validation
 
@@ -697,6 +703,7 @@ static void InitDemux(WebPDemuxer* const dmux, const MemBuffer* const mem) {
   dmux->canvas_width_ = -1;
   dmux->canvas_height_ = -1;
   dmux->frames_tail_ = &dmux->frames_;
+  dmux->chunks_tail_ = &dmux->chunks_;
   dmux->mem_ = *mem;
 }