diff --git a/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp b/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
index 211642c48d95ea46e8363cc02990a65dbcb33134..0d57e1a933ac15e8c6a368a08d807572650a4ff0 100644
--- a/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgproc/src/resize.cpp
@@ -3672,7 +3672,7 @@ void resize(int src_type,
 {
     CV_INSTRUMENT_REGION()
 
-    CV_Assert((dst_width * dst_height > 0) || (inv_scale_x > 0 && inv_scale_y > 0));
+    CV_Assert((dst_width > 0 && dst_height > 0) || (inv_scale_x > 0 && inv_scale_y > 0));
     if (inv_scale_x < DBL_EPSILON || inv_scale_y < DBL_EPSILON)
     {
         inv_scale_x = static_cast<double>(dst_width) / src_width;
@@ -3684,7 +3684,7 @@ void resize(int src_type,
     int  depth = CV_MAT_DEPTH(src_type), cn = CV_MAT_CN(src_type);
     Size dsize = Size(saturate_cast<int>(src_width*inv_scale_x),
                         saturate_cast<int>(src_height*inv_scale_y));
-    CV_Assert( dsize.area() > 0 );
+    CV_Assert( !dsize.empty() );
 
     CV_IPP_RUN_FAST(ipp_resize(src_data, src_step, src_width, src_height, dst_data, dst_step, dsize.width, dsize.height, inv_scale_x, inv_scale_y, depth, cn, interpolation))
 
@@ -4041,13 +4041,13 @@ void cv::resize( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst, Size dsize,
 
     Size ssize = _src.size();
 
-    CV_Assert( ssize.width > 0 && ssize.height > 0 );
-    CV_Assert( dsize.area() > 0 || (inv_scale_x > 0 && inv_scale_y > 0) );
+    CV_Assert( !ssize.empty() );
+    CV_Assert( !dsize.empty() || (inv_scale_x > 0 && inv_scale_y > 0) );
     if( dsize.area() == 0 )
     {
         dsize = Size(saturate_cast<int>(ssize.width*inv_scale_x),
                      saturate_cast<int>(ssize.height*inv_scale_y));
-        CV_Assert( dsize.area() > 0 );
+        CV_Assert( !dsize.empty() );
     }
     else
     {