diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py
index ec645805..4251eb54 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/pdfinfo/info.py
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ import pikepdf
 from pikepdf import PdfMatrix
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
-from ocrmypdf.exceptions import EncryptedPdfError, MissingDependencyError
-
-from . import ghosttext
-from .layout import get_page_analysis, get_text_boxes
+from ocrmypdf.exceptions import EncryptedPdfError
+from ocrmypdf.exec import ghostscript
+from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo import ghosttext
+from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo.layout import get_page_analysis, get_text_boxes
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -618,25 +618,28 @@ def _pdf_get_pageinfo(pdf, pageno: int, infile, xmltext):
 
 def _pdf_get_all_pageinfo(infile, detailed_analysis=False, log=None, progbar=False):
     pdf = pikepdf.open(infile)  # Do not close in this function
-    if pdf.is_encrypted:
-        pdf.close()
-        raise EncryptedPdfError()  # Triggered by encryption with empty passwd
-    if detailed_analysis:
-        pages_xml = None
-    else:
-        pages_xml = ghosttext.extract_text_xml(infile, pdf, pageno=None, log=log)
+    try:
+        if pdf.is_encrypted:
+            raise EncryptedPdfError()  # Triggered by encryption with empty passwd
+        if detailed_analysis:
+            pages_xml = None
+        else:
+            pages_xml = ghosttext.extract_text_xml(infile, pdf, pageno=None, log=log)
 
-    pages = []
-    for n, _ in tqdm(
-        enumerate(pdf.pages),
-        total=len(pdf.pages),
-        desc="Scan",
-        unit='page',
-        disable=not progbar,
-    ):
-        page_xml = pages_xml[n] if pages_xml else None
-        page = PageInfo(pdf, n, infile, page_xml, detailed_analysis)
-        pages.append(page)
+        pages = []
+        for n, _ in tqdm(
+            enumerate(pdf.pages),
+            total=len(pdf.pages),
+            desc="Scan",
+            unit='page',
+            disable=not progbar,
+        ):
+            page_xml = pages_xml[n] if pages_xml else None
+            page = PageInfo(pdf, n, infile, page_xml, detailed_analysis)
+            pages.append(page)
+    except Exception:
+        pdf.close()
+        raise
 
     return pages, pdf
 
@@ -757,6 +760,8 @@ class PdfInfo:
 
     def __init__(self, infile, detailed_page_analysis=False, log=logger, progbar=False):
         self._infile = infile
+        if ghostscript.version() in ('9.52',):
+            detailed_page_analysis = True  # txtwrite doesn't work in these versions
         self._pages, pdf = _pdf_get_all_pageinfo(
             infile, detailed_page_analysis, log=log, progbar=progbar
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_pdfinfo.py b/tests/test_pdfinfo.py
index b6455aa6..facf3b6f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pdfinfo.py
+++ b/tests/test_pdfinfo.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from PIL import Image
 from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
 
 from ocrmypdf import pdfinfo
+from ocrmypdf.exec import ghostscript
 from ocrmypdf.pdfinfo import Colorspace, Encoding
 
 # pylint: disable=protected-access
@@ -183,6 +184,9 @@ def test_ocr_detection(resources):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'testfile', ('truetype_font_nomapping.pdf', 'type3_font_nomapping.pdf')
 )
+@pytest.mark.xfail(
+    ghostscript.version() in ('9.52',), reason="gs 9.52 txtwrite doesn't work"
+)
 def test_corrupt_font_detection(resources, testfile):
     filename = resources / testfile
     with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):