diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
index 0df660a946..d2586ac6b4 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/modules/engines/gl_common/evas_gl_image.c
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ evas_gl_common_image_load(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, const char *file, const ch
 
    im_im = evas_common_load_image_from_file(file, key, lo, error);
    if (!im_im) return NULL;
+   
+   if ((im_im->cache_entry.w > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size) ||
+       (im_im->cache_entry.h > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size))
+     {
+        evas_cache_image_drop(&(im_im->cache_entry));
+        *error = EVAS_LOAD_ERROR_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_FAILED;
+        return NULL;
+     }
 
    // FIXME: keep unreffed shared images around
    EINA_LIST_FOREACH(gc->shared->images, l, im)
@@ -113,7 +121,7 @@ evas_gl_common_image_load(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, const char *file, const ch
 	  {
 // why did i put this here? i think to free the rgba pixel data once a texture
 // exists.
-//             evas_cache_image_drop(&im_im->cache_entry);
+//             evas_cache_image_drop(&(im_im->cache_entry));
 	     gc->shared->images = eina_list_remove_list(gc->shared->images, l);
 	     gc->shared->images = eina_list_prepend(gc->shared->images, im);
              evas_gl_common_image_ref(im);
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ evas_gl_common_image_load(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, const char *file, const ch
    im = calloc(1, sizeof(Evas_GL_Image));
    if (!im)
      {
+        evas_cache_image_drop(&(im_im->cache_entry));
 	*error = EVAS_LOAD_ERROR_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION_FAILED;
 	return NULL;
      }
@@ -147,6 +156,10 @@ evas_gl_common_image_new_from_data(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, unsigned int w, u
    Evas_GL_Image *im;
    Eina_List *l;
 
+   if ((w > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size) ||
+       (h > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size))
+     return NULL;
+     
    if (data)
      {
         EINA_LIST_FOREACH(gc->shared->images, l, im)
@@ -200,6 +213,10 @@ evas_gl_common_image_new_from_copied_data(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, unsigned i
 {
    Evas_GL_Image *im;
 
+   if ((w > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size) ||
+       (h > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size))
+     return NULL;
+   
    im = calloc(1, sizeof(Evas_GL_Image));
    if (!im) return NULL;
    im->references = 1;
@@ -241,6 +258,10 @@ evas_gl_common_image_new(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, unsigned int w, unsigned in
 {
    Evas_GL_Image *im;
 
+   if ((w > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size) ||
+       (h > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size))
+     return NULL;
+   
    im = calloc(1, sizeof(Evas_GL_Image));
    if (!im) return NULL;
    im->references = 1;
@@ -475,6 +496,10 @@ evas_gl_common_image_surface_new(Evas_Engine_GL_Context *gc, unsigned int w, uns
 {
    Evas_GL_Image *im;
 
+   if ((w > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size) ||
+       (h > gc->shared->info.max_texture_size))
+     return NULL;
+   
    im = calloc(1, sizeof(Evas_GL_Image));
    if (!im) return NULL;
    im->references = 1;