diff --git a/mindspore/dataset/transforms/vision/py_transforms_util.py b/mindspore/dataset/transforms/vision/py_transforms_util.py
index ac77624bf85..7a1878a04ff 100644
--- a/mindspore/dataset/transforms/vision/py_transforms_util.py
+++ b/mindspore/dataset/transforms/vision/py_transforms_util.py
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ def random_crop(img, size, padding, pad_if_needed, fill_value, padding_mode):
     def _input_to_factor(img, size):
         img_width, img_height = img.size
         height, width = size
+        if height > img_height or width > img_width:
+            raise ValueError("Crop size {} is larger than input image size {}".format(size, (img_height, img_width)))
+
         if width == img_width and height == img_height:
             return 0, 0, img_height, img_width
 
diff --git a/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_random_crop.py b/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_random_crop.py
index 80746845790..969015d8f6b 100644
--- a/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_random_crop.py
+++ b/tests/ut/python/dataset/test_random_crop.py
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ def test_random_crop_04_py():
         data.create_dict_iterator().get_next()
     except RuntimeError as e:
         logger.info("Got an exception in DE: {}".format(str(e)))
+        assert "Crop size" in str(e)
 
 def test_random_crop_05_c():
     """