**Describe the bug** The following code in monai.transforms.io.array may throw an exception when track_meta is False: img = MetaTensor.ensure_torch_and_prune_meta(img_array, meta_data, self.simple_keys) if self.ensure_channel_first: img = EnsureChannelFirst()(img) if self.image_only: return img return img, img.meta # for compatibility purpose