diff --git a/src/pipeline.cc b/src/pipeline.cc
index 63aef9d9..79905bdc 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.cc
+++ b/src/pipeline.cc
@@ -103,14 +103,19 @@ class PipelineWorker : public AsyncWorker {
       // From buffer
       if (baton->rawWidth > 0 && baton->rawHeight > 0 && baton->rawChannels > 0) {
         // Raw, uncompressed pixel data
-        image = VImage::new_from_memory(baton->bufferIn, baton->bufferInLength,
-          baton->rawWidth, baton->rawHeight, baton->rawChannels, VIPS_FORMAT_UCHAR);
-        if (baton->rawChannels < 3) {
-          image.get_image()->Type = VIPS_INTERPRETATION_B_W;
-        } else {
-          image.get_image()->Type = VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB;
+        try {
+          image = VImage::new_from_memory(baton->bufferIn, baton->bufferInLength,
+            baton->rawWidth, baton->rawHeight, baton->rawChannels, VIPS_FORMAT_UCHAR);
+          if (baton->rawChannels < 3) {
+            image.get_image()->Type = VIPS_INTERPRETATION_B_W;
+          } else {
+            image.get_image()->Type = VIPS_INTERPRETATION_sRGB;
+          }
+          inputImageType = ImageType::RAW;
+        } catch(VError const &err) {
+          (baton->err).append(err.what());
+          inputImageType = ImageType::UNKNOWN;
         }
-        inputImageType = ImageType::RAW;
       } else {
         // Compressed data
         inputImageType = DetermineImageType(baton->bufferIn, baton->bufferInLength);
@@ -656,7 +661,8 @@ class PipelineWorker : public AsyncWorker {
 
       // Number of channels used in output image
       baton->channels = image.bands();
-
+      baton->width = image.width();
+      baton->height = image.height();
       // Output
       if (baton->fileOut == "") {
         // Buffer output
diff --git a/test/fixtures/flowers.jpeg b/test/fixtures/flowers.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ab920af
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/fixtures/flowers.jpeg differ
diff --git a/test/fixtures/index.js b/test/fixtures/index.js
index 6d80af16..04839b7a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/index.js
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
   inputSvs: getPath('CMU-1-Small-Region.svs'), // http://openslide.cs.cmu.edu/download/openslide-testdata/Aperio/CMU-1-Small-Region.svs
 
+  inputJPGBig: getPath('flowers.jpeg'),
+
   outputJpg: getPath('output.jpg'),
   outputPng: getPath('output.png'),
   outputWebP: getPath('output.webp'),
diff --git a/test/unit/io.js b/test/unit/io.js
index a6083208..e94f98c8 100644
--- a/test/unit/io.js
+++ b/test/unit/io.js
@@ -1031,4 +1031,32 @@ describe('Input/output', function() {
       });
   });
 
+  it('Info event data', function(done) {
+    var readable = fs.createReadStream(fixtures.inputJPGBig);
+    var inPipeline = sharp()
+      .resize(840)
+      .raw()
+      .on('info', function(info) {
+        assert.strictEqual(840, info.width);
+        assert.strictEqual(472, info.height);
+        assert.strictEqual(3, info.channels);
+      });
+    var badPipeline = sharp(null, {raw: {width: 840, height: 473, channels: 3}})
+      .toFormat('jpeg')
+      .toBuffer(function(err, data, info) {
+        assert.strictEqual(err.message.indexOf('memory area too small') > 0, true);
+        readable = fs.createReadStream(fixtures.inputJPGBig);
+        var goodPipeline = sharp(null, {raw: {width: 840, height: 472, channels: 3}})
+          .toFormat('jpeg')
+          .toBuffer(function(err, data, info) {
+            if (err) throw err;
+            done();
+          });
+          inPipeline = sharp()
+            .resize(840)
+            .raw();
+          readable.pipe(inPipeline).pipe(goodPipeline);
+      });
+    readable.pipe(inPipeline).pipe(badPipeline);
+  });
 });