diff --git a/imageio/imageio_util.c b/imageio/imageio_util.c
index 3ebd5b4e..10250093 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio_util.c
+++ b/imageio/imageio_util.c
@@ -137,7 +137,11 @@ void ImgIoUtilCopyPlane(const uint8_t* src, int src_stride,
 
 int ImgIoUtilCheckSizeArgumentsOverflow(uint64_t nmemb, size_t size) {
   const uint64_t total_size = nmemb * size;
-  return (total_size == (size_t)total_size);
+  int ok = (total_size == (size_t)total_size);
+#if defined(WEBP_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE)
+  ok = ok && (total_size <= (uint64_t)WEBP_MAX_IMAGE_SIZE);
+#endif
+  return ok;
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------