From d9a1d70d05b88b7b0f883655ee8c26ce52bb0b58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "patrick.pdb" <patrick.dalla@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2024 14:33:39 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Do not create new SyncMetadata if metadata object is already
 on SyncMetadata type.

---
 iped-engine/src/main/java/iped/engine/task/ParsingTask.java | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/iped-engine/src/main/java/iped/engine/task/ParsingTask.java b/iped-engine/src/main/java/iped/engine/task/ParsingTask.java
index b4c1136cb5..b9ebd8c8b8 100644
--- a/iped-engine/src/main/java/iped/engine/task/ParsingTask.java
+++ b/iped-engine/src/main/java/iped/engine/task/ParsingTask.java
@@ -554,7 +554,9 @@ public void parseEmbedded(InputStream inputStream, ContentHandler handler, Metad
             evidence.setHasChildren(true);
 
             // protection for future concurrent access, see #794
-            metadata = new SyncMetadata(metadata);
+            if (!(metadata instanceof SyncMetadata)) {
+                metadata = new SyncMetadata(metadata);
+            }
             subItem.setMetadata(metadata);
 
             boolean updateInputStream = false;