diff --git a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGFilterFrame.cpp b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGFilterFrame.cpp
index 9b301f1d193..e11d2c6dc15 100644
--- a/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGFilterFrame.cpp
+++ b/layout/svg/base/src/nsSVGFilterFrame.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,10 @@ nsAutoFilterInstance::nsAutoFilterInstance(nsIFrame *aTarget,
     &filter->mLengthAttributes[nsSVGFilterElement::X], bbox, aTarget);
   filterArea.RoundOut();
 
+  // 0 disables rendering, < 0 is error
+  if (filterArea.Width() <= 0 || filterArea.Height() <= 0)
+    return;
+
   PRBool resultOverflows;
   gfxIntSize filterRes;
 
diff --git a/layout/svg/crashtests/474700-1.svg b/layout/svg/crashtests/474700-1.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7841103533a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layout/svg/crashtests/474700-1.svg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><filter id="f1" filterRes="10 20" height="-2"/><rect width="50" height="100" filter="url(#f1)"/></svg>
diff --git a/layout/svg/crashtests/crashtests.list b/layout/svg/crashtests/crashtests.list
index ea70bd54b5e..7c3df1b8de9 100644
--- a/layout/svg/crashtests/crashtests.list
+++ b/layout/svg/crashtests/crashtests.list
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ load 458453.html
 load 464374-1.svg
 load 466585-1.svg
 load 470124-1.svg
+load 474700-1.svg
 load 475181-1.svg
 load 475193-1.html
 load extref-test-1.xhtml