diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
index 7f0bd6aabf..70f581722d 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/DX11/GSDevice11.cpp
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ void GSDevice11::ClearStencil(GSTexture* t, uint8 c)
 
 GSTexture* GSDevice11::CreateSurface(int type, int w, int h, int format)
 {
+	ASSERT(w > 0 && w <= m_d3d_texsize);
+	ASSERT(h > 0 && h <= m_d3d_texsize);
+
 	HRESULT hr;
 
 	D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC desc;
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSTextureOGL.cpp b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSTextureOGL.cpp
index 60f500a951..9144239f55 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSTextureOGL.cpp
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/Renderers/OpenGL/GSTextureOGL.cpp
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ namespace PboPool {
 GSTextureOGL::GSTextureOGL(int type, int w, int h, int format, GLuint fbo_read, bool mipmap)
 	: m_clean(false), m_generate_mipmap(true), m_local_buffer(nullptr), m_r_x(0), m_r_y(0), m_r_w(0), m_r_h(0), m_layer(0)
 {
+	ASSERT(w > 0);
+	ASSERT(h > 0);
+
 	// OpenGL didn't like dimensions of size 0
 	m_size.x = std::max(1,w);
 	m_size.y = std::max(1,h);