diff --git a/libavutil/imgutils.c b/libavutil/imgutils.c
index 8595ba1bbf..3060b0705f 100644
--- a/libavutil/imgutils.c
+++ b/libavutil/imgutils.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * misc image utilities
  */
 
+#include "avassert.h"
 #include "common.h"
 #include "imgutils.h"
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -244,6 +245,8 @@ void av_image_copy_plane(uint8_t       *dst, int dst_linesize,
 {
     if (!dst || !src)
         return;
+    av_assert0(abs(src_linesize) >= bytewidth);
+    av_assert0(abs(dst_linesize) >= bytewidth);
     for (;height > 0; height--) {
         memcpy(dst, src, bytewidth);
         dst += dst_linesize;
diff --git a/libavutil/imgutils.h b/libavutil/imgutils.h
index a9317a71e1..ab32d667d3 100644
--- a/libavutil/imgutils.h
+++ b/libavutil/imgutils.h
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ int av_image_alloc(uint8_t *pointers[4], int linesizes[4],
  * The first byte of each successive line is separated by *_linesize
  * bytes.
  *
+ * bytewidth must be contained by both absolute values of dst_linesize
+ * and src_linesize, otherwise the function behavior is undefined.
+ *
  * @param dst_linesize linesize for the image plane in dst
  * @param src_linesize linesize for the image plane in src
  */
diff --git a/libavutil/version.h b/libavutil/version.h
index 792086a3ab..9902f0fc3d 100644
--- a/libavutil/version.h
+++ b/libavutil/version.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR  52
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR   9
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 100
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO 101
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
                                                LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR, \