diff --git a/libopenjpeg/int.h b/libopenjpeg/int.h
index a15aa95c..147dccfe 100644
--- a/libopenjpeg/int.h
+++ b/libopenjpeg/int.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ The functions in INT.H have for goal to realize operations on integers.
 /*@{*/
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+#include <assert.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_STDINT_H
 #include <stdint.h>
 #else
@@ -102,8 +104,10 @@ Divide an integer and round upwards
 @return Returns a divided by b
 */
 static INLINE int int_ceildiv(int a, int b) {
-	return (a + b - 1) / b;
+    assert(b);
+    return (a + b - 1) / b;
 }
+
 /**
 Divide an integer by a power of 2 and round upwards
 @return Returns a divided by 2^b
diff --git a/libopenjpeg/j2k.c b/libopenjpeg/j2k.c
index a4a17ff2..c8fdc7c2 100644
--- a/libopenjpeg/j2k.c
+++ b/libopenjpeg/j2k.c
@@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ Add tile header marker information
 @param len length of marker segment
  */
 static void j2k_add_tlmarker( int tileno, opj_codestream_info_t *cstr_info, unsigned short int type, int pos, int len);
+/**
+Validate encoding parameters and image before actual encoding
+@param j2k J2K handle
+@param image IMAGE handle
+ */
+static opj_bool j2k_validate_encode( opj_j2k_t *j2k, opj_image_t *image);
 
 /*@}*/
 
@@ -2450,6 +2456,9 @@ opj_bool j2k_encode(opj_j2k_t *j2k, opj_cio_t *cio, opj_image_t *image, opj_code
 
 	cp = j2k->cp;
 
+    /* Parameters validation */
+    if (!j2k_validate_encode(j2k, image)) return OPJ_FALSE;
+
 	/* INDEX >> */
 	j2k->cstr_info = cstr_info;
 	if (cstr_info) {
@@ -2698,3 +2707,21 @@ static void j2k_add_tlmarker( int tileno, opj_codestream_info_t *cstr_info, unsi
 	marker->len = len;
 	cstr_info->tile[tileno].marknum++;
 }
+
+static opj_bool j2k_validate_encode(opj_j2k_t *j2k, opj_image_t *image) {
+
+    int compno;
+    opj_bool is_valid = OPJ_TRUE;
+
+    /* preconditions */
+    assert(j2k != 00);
+    assert(image != 00);
+
+    /* PARAMETERS checking */
+    for (compno=0; compno < image->numcomps; compno++) {
+        is_valid &= (image->comps[compno].dx > 1 && j2k->image->comps[compno].dx < 255);
+        is_valid &= (image->comps[compno].dy > 1 && j2k->image->comps[compno].dy < 255);
+    }
+
+    return is_valid;
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/testempty1.c b/tests/unit/testempty1.c
index 8f33f247..6ab2d0e8 100644
--- a/tests/unit/testempty1.c
+++ b/tests/unit/testempty1.c
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   cio = opj_cio_open((opj_common_ptr)cinfo, NULL, 0);
   assert( cio );
   bSuccess = opj_encode(cinfo, cio, image, NULL);
+
+  if( !bSuccess )
+  {
+      opj_cio_close(cio);
+      opj_destroy_compress(cinfo);
+      opj_image_destroy(image);
+      return 0;
+  }
+
   assert( bSuccess );
 
   codestream_length = (size_t)cio_tell(cio);
diff --git a/tests/unit/testempty2.c b/tests/unit/testempty2.c
index f6eac7b9..32d1924d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/testempty2.c
+++ b/tests/unit/testempty2.c
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   cio = opj_cio_open((opj_common_ptr)cinfo, NULL, 0);
   assert( cio );
   bSuccess = opj_encode(cinfo, cio, image, NULL);
+
+  if( !bSuccess )
+  {
+      opj_cio_close(cio);
+      opj_destroy_compress(cinfo);
+      opj_image_destroy(image);
+      return 0;
+  }
+
   assert( bSuccess );
 
   codestream_length = (size_t)cio_tell(cio);