diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c b/libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c
index 9bcc4ff16f..3dc031ae16 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_vmafmotion.c
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ int ff_vmafmotion_init(VMAFMotionData *s,
     int i;
     const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(fmt);
 
+    if (w < 3 || h < 3)
+        return AVERROR(EINVAL);
+
     s->width = w;
     s->height = h;
     s->stride = FFALIGN(w * sizeof(uint16_t), 32);