--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/image/RescaleOp.java	Thu Oct 26 19:45:37 2017 -0700
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/image/RescaleOp.java	Fri Oct 27 11:29:50 2017 -0700
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@
      *         of {@code src} is an {@code IndexColorModel},
      *         or if the number of scaling factors and offsets in this
      *         {@code RescaleOp} do not meet the requirements
-     *         stated in the class comments.
+     *         stated in the class comments, or if the source and
+     *         destination images differ in size.
      */
     public final BufferedImage filter (BufferedImage src, BufferedImage dst) {
         ColorModel srcCM = src.getColorModel();
@@ -473,7 +474,8 @@
      *         {@code dst} do not have the same number of bands,
      *         or if the number of scaling factors and offsets in this
      *         {@code RescaleOp} do not meet the requirements
-     *         stated in the class comments.
+     *         stated in the class comments, or if the source and
+     *         destination rasters differ in size.
      */
     public final WritableRaster filter (Raster src, WritableRaster dst)  {
         return filterRasterImpl(src, dst, length, true);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/jdk/java/awt/image/RescaleOp/RescaleOpExceptionTest.java	Fri Oct 27 11:29:50 2017 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8180501
+ * @summary Verify RescaleOp.filter() throws exception for different sized
+            source and destination.
+ * @run main RescaleOpExceptionTest
+ */
+
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import static java.awt.image.BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB;
+import java.awt.image.RescaleOp;
+import java.awt.image.WritableRaster;
+
+public class RescaleOpExceptionTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+
+        RescaleOp op = new RescaleOp(1.0f, 0.0f, null);
+
+        BufferedImage srcI = new BufferedImage(1, 1, TYPE_INT_RGB);
+        BufferedImage dstI = new BufferedImage(1, 2, TYPE_INT_RGB);
+
+        boolean caughtIAE = false;
+        try {
+             op.filter(srcI, dstI);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            caughtIAE = true;
+        }
+        if (!caughtIAE) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Expected IllegalArgumentException");
+        }
+
+        WritableRaster srcR = srcI.getRaster();
+        WritableRaster dstR = dstI.getRaster();
+
+        caughtIAE = false;
+        try {
+             op.filter(srcR, dstR);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            caughtIAE = true;
+        }
+        if (!caughtIAE) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Expected IllegalArgumentException");
+        }
+    }
+}