diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Cms/Model/Wysiwyg/Images/Storage.php b/app/code/Magento/Cms/Model/Wysiwyg/Images/Storage.php
index 71e7949000826..91ecd91f5c342 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Cms/Model/Wysiwyg/Images/Storage.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Cms/Model/Wysiwyg/Images/Storage.php
@@ -722,7 +722,14 @@ public function resizeFile($source, $keepRatio = true)
         $image->keepAspectRatio($keepRatio);
 
         [$imageWidth, $imageHeight] = $this->getResizedParams($source);
-
+        try {
+            $image->resize($imageWidth, $imageHeight);
+        }
+        catch (\Throwable $e)
+        {
+            $this->logger->critical( 'FAILED WYSIWYG IMAGE RESIZING: ' . ' error: ' . $e->getMessage() . '. path: ' . $realPath );
+            return false;
+        }
         $image->resize($imageWidth, $imageHeight);
         $dest = $targetDir . '/' . $this->ioFile->getPathInfo($source)['basename'];
         $image->save($dest);