diff --git a/modules/core/src/stat.cpp b/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
index a978c90fd2..aeb968a13f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/stat.cpp
@@ -4150,7 +4150,10 @@ double cv::PSNR(InputArray _src1, InputArray _src2)
 {
     CV_INSTRUMENT_REGION()
 
-    CV_Assert( _src1.depth() == CV_8U );
+    //Input arrays must have depth CV_8U and be of identical size
+    CV_Assert( _src1.depth() == CV_8U && _src2.depth() == CV_8U );
+    CV_Assert( _src1.rows() == _src2.rows() && _src1.cols() == _src2.cols() && _src1.dims() == _src2.dims() );
+
     double diff = std::sqrt(norm(_src1, _src2, NORM_L2SQR)/(_src1.total()*_src1.channels()));
     return 20*log10(255./(diff+DBL_EPSILON));
 }