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 a848e072..cafdd327 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
@@ -310,8 +310,14 @@ public abstract class ImageReaderBase extends ImageReader {
         int destWidth = destRegion.x + destRegion.width;
         int destHeight = destRegion.y + destRegion.height;
 
-        if ((long) destWidth * destHeight > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("destination width * height > Integer.MAX_VALUE: %d", (long) destWidth * destHeight));
+        long dimension = (long) destWidth * destHeight;
+        if (dimension > Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(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));
         }
 
         // 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 ac1353a9..6d04e6fa 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
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ import java.awt.image.DataBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
@@ -218,10 +220,17 @@ public class ImageReaderBaseTest {
     }
 
     @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
-    public void testGetDestinationExceedsIntegerMax() throws IIOException {
+    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)
+    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
+        // => 3 221 028 867 bytes needed in continuous array, not possible
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testHasExplicitDestinationNull() {
         assertFalse(ImageReaderBase.hasExplicitDestination(null));