diff --git a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
index 64f5668d8c141..f3c65eae8ba84 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/SurfaceControl.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import android.util.proto.ProtoOutputStream;
 import android.view.Surface.OutOfResourcesException;
 
 import com.android.internal.annotations.GuardedBy;
+import com.android.internal.util.Preconditions;
 import com.android.internal.util.VirtualRefBasePtr;
 
 import dalvik.system.CloseGuard;
@@ -2961,6 +2962,8 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
         @NonNull
         public Transaction setScale(@NonNull SurfaceControl sc, float scaleX, float scaleY) {
             checkPreconditions(sc);
+            Preconditions.checkArgument(scaleX >= 0, "Negative value passed in for scaleX");
+            Preconditions.checkArgument(scaleY >= 0, "Negative value passed in for scaleY");
             nativeSetScale(mNativeObject, sc.mNativeObject, scaleX, scaleY);
             return this;
         }
@@ -3205,6 +3208,7 @@ public final class SurfaceControl implements Parcelable {
         public @NonNull Transaction setCrop(@NonNull SurfaceControl sc, @Nullable Rect crop) {
             checkPreconditions(sc);
             if (crop != null) {
+                Preconditions.checkArgument(crop.isValid(), "Crop isn't valid.");
                 nativeSetWindowCrop(mNativeObject, sc.mNativeObject,
                         crop.left, crop.top, crop.right, crop.bottom);
             } else {
diff --git a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Rect.java b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Rect.java
index 7e68bc06d506b..1a522bd5e7947 100644
--- a/graphics/java/android/graphics/Rect.java
+++ b/graphics/java/android/graphics/Rect.java
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ public final class Rect implements Parcelable {
         return left >= right || top >= bottom;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return {@code true} if the rectangle is valid (left <= right and top <= bottom).
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public boolean isValid() {
+        return left <= right && top <= bottom;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return the rectangle's width. This does not check for a valid rectangle
      * (i.e. left <= right) so the result may be negative.