diff --git a/Tests/test_file_dds.py b/Tests/test_file_dds.py
index 7e1b811e975..2cf6ee39b23 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_dds.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_dds.py
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ def test_dxt5_colorblock_alpha_issue_4142() -> None:
 
 def test_palette() -> None:
     with Image.open("Tests/images/palette.dds") as im:
+        assert im.palette is not None
+        assert len(im.palette.tobytes()) == 1024
+
         assert_image_equal_tofile(im, "Tests/images/transparent.gif")
 
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_imagepalette.py b/Tests/test_imagepalette.py
index 873a431f95f..bb53a7cda68 100644
--- a/Tests/test_imagepalette.py
+++ b/Tests/test_imagepalette.py
@@ -191,17 +191,23 @@ def test_make_gamma_lut() -> None:
     assert lut[255] == 255
 
 
-def test_rawmode_valueerrors(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+def test_raw() -> None:
+    data = list(range(256)) * 3
+    palette = ImagePalette.raw("RGB", data)
+    assert palette.tobytes() == bytes(data)
+
+
+def test_raw_valueerrors(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     # Arrange
-    palette = ImagePalette.raw("RGB", list(range(256)) * 3)
+    palette = ImagePalette.raw("BGR", list(range(256)) * 3)
 
     # Act / Assert
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="palette contains raw palette data"):
         palette.tobytes()
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="palette contains raw palette data"):
         palette.getcolor((1, 2, 3))
     f = str(tmp_path / "temp.lut")
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="palette contains raw palette data"):
         palette.save(f)
 
 
diff --git a/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py b/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py
index 40012bc27ad..febe0c70afc 100644
--- a/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py
+++ b/src/PIL/DdsImagePlugin.py
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ def _open(self) -> None:
                 raise OSError(msg)
         elif pfflags & DDPF.PALETTEINDEXED8:
             self._mode = "P"
-            self.palette = ImagePalette.raw("RGBA", self.fp.read(1024))
-            self.palette.mode = "RGBA"
+            self.palette = ImagePalette.ImagePalette("RGBA", self.fp.read(1024))
+            self.palette.dirty = 1
         elif pfflags & DDPF.FOURCC:
             offset = header_size + 4
             if fourcc == D3DFMT.DXT1:
diff --git a/src/PIL/Image.py b/src/PIL/Image.py
index 96d6ec1396a..13a761eabf3 100644
--- a/src/PIL/Image.py
+++ b/src/PIL/Image.py
@@ -2161,11 +2161,7 @@ def putpalette(
             msg = "illegal image mode"
             raise ValueError(msg)
         if isinstance(data, ImagePalette.ImagePalette):
-            if data.rawmode is not None:
-                palette = ImagePalette.raw(data.rawmode, data.palette)
-            else:
-                palette = ImagePalette.ImagePalette(palette=data.palette)
-                palette.dirty = 1
+            palette = ImagePalette.raw(data.rawmode or "RGB", data.palette)
         else:
             palette = ImagePalette.raw(rawmode, data)
         self._mode = "PA" if "A" in self.mode else "P"
diff --git a/src/PIL/ImagePalette.py b/src/PIL/ImagePalette.py
index 6476e2a3dfb..e6b68c1e34c 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImagePalette.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImagePalette.py
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ def save(self, fp: str | IO[str]) -> None:
 
 def raw(rawmode: str, data: Sequence[int] | bytes | bytearray) -> ImagePalette:
     palette = ImagePalette()
-    palette.rawmode = rawmode
+    if rawmode != "RGB":
+        palette.rawmode = rawmode
     palette.palette = data
     palette.dirty = 1
     return palette