diff --git a/imageio/imageio-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBase.java b/imageio/imageio-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBase.java
index 7ebb3721..d7c910dd 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBase.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-core/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBase.java
@@ -30,20 +30,16 @@
 
 package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio;
 
-import com.twelvemonkeys.image.BufferedImageIcon;
-import com.twelvemonkeys.image.ImageUtil;
-import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.util.IIOUtil;
-
-import javax.imageio.*;
-import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
-import javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi;
-import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
-import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
 import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
 import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
-import java.awt.event.*;
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
+import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
+import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.awt.image.IndexColorModel;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -52,6 +48,20 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 
+import javax.imageio.IIOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import javax.imageio.ImageReadParam;
+import javax.imageio.ImageReader;
+import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
+import javax.imageio.metadata.IIOMetadata;
+import javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi;
+import javax.imageio.stream.ImageInputStream;
+import javax.swing.*;
+
+import com.twelvemonkeys.image.BufferedImageIcon;
+import com.twelvemonkeys.image.ImageUtil;
+import com.twelvemonkeys.imageio.util.IIOUtil;
+
 /**
  * Abstract base class for image readers.
  *
@@ -314,12 +324,12 @@ public abstract class ImageReaderBase extends ImageReader {
 
         long dimension = (long) destWidth * destHeight;
         if (dimension > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("destination width * height > Integer.MAX_VALUE: %d", dimension));
+            throw new IIOException(String.format("destination width * height > Integer.MAX_VALUE: %d", dimension));
         }
 
         long size = dimension * imageType.getSampleModel().getNumDataElements();
         if (size > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("destination width * height * samplesPerPixel > Integer.MAX_VALUE: %d", size));
+            throw new IIOException(String.format("destination width * height * samplesPerPixel > Integer.MAX_VALUE: %d", size));
         }
 
         // Create a new image based on the type specifier
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-core/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBaseTest.java b/imageio/imageio-core/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBaseTest.java
index 6d04e6fa..8a7b1871 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-core/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBaseTest.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-core/src/test/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/ImageReaderBaseTest.java
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 
 package com.twelvemonkeys.imageio;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import javax.imageio.IIOException;
-import javax.imageio.ImageReadParam;
-import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.color.ColorSpace;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import javax.imageio.IIOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageReadParam;
+import javax.imageio.ImageTypeSpecifier;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
  * ImageReaderBaseTest
@@ -212,19 +215,19 @@ public class ImageReaderBaseTest {
         assertEquals(TYPES.get(0).getBufferedImageType(), destination.getType());
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    @Test(expected = IIOException.class)
     public void testGetDestinationParamDestinationExceedsIntegerMax() throws IIOException {
         ImageReadParam param = new ImageReadParam();
         param.setSourceRegion(new Rectangle(3 * Short.MAX_VALUE, 2 * Short.MAX_VALUE)); // 6 442 057 734 pixels
         ImageReaderBase.getDestination(param, TYPES.iterator(), 6 * Short.MAX_VALUE, 4 * Short.MAX_VALUE); // 25 768 230 936 pixels
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    @Test(expected = IIOException.class)
     public void testGetDestinationDimensionExceedsIntegerMax() throws IIOException {
         ImageReaderBase.getDestination(null, TYPES.iterator(), 3 * Short.MAX_VALUE, 2 * Short.MAX_VALUE); // 6 442 057 734 pixels
     }
 
-    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    @Test(expected = IIOException.class)
     public void testGetDestinationStorageExceedsIntegerMax() throws IIOException {
         Set<ImageTypeSpecifier> byteTypes = singleton(ImageTypeSpecifier.createFromBufferedImageType(BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR));
         ImageReaderBase.getDestination(null, byteTypes.iterator(), Short.MAX_VALUE,  Short.MAX_VALUE); // 1 073 676 289 pixels