diff --git a/src/main/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBuffer.java b/src/main/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBuffer.java
index 29c2e98..fc5fd54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBuffer.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
@@ -137,8 +136,6 @@ public ZarrPixelBuffer(Pixels pixels, Path root, Integer maxPlaneWidth,
                     int w = key.get(6);
                     int h = key.get(7);
                     int[] shape = new int[] { 1, 1, 1, h, w };
-                    // Check planar read size (sizeX and sizeY only)
-                    checkReadSize(Arrays.copyOfRange(shape, 3, 5));
                     byte[] innerBuffer =
                             new byte[(int) length(shape) * getByteWidth()];
                     setResolutionLevel(resolutionLevel);
@@ -459,6 +456,11 @@ public PixelData getTile(
         checkBounds(x, y, z, c, t);
         //Check check bottom-right of tile in bounds
         checkBounds(x + w - 1, y + h - 1, z, c, t);
+        //Check planar read size (sizeX and sizeY only), essential that this
+        //happens before the similar check in read().  Otherwise we will
+        //potentially allocate massive inner buffers in the tile cache
+        //asynchronous entry builder that will never be used.
+        checkReadSize(new int[] { w, h });
 
         List<List<Integer>> keys = new ArrayList<List<Integer>>();
         List<Integer> key = null;
@@ -481,15 +483,7 @@ public PixelData getTile(
             // of channels can be unpredictable.
             tileCache.synchronous().invalidateAll();
         }
-        try {
-            return toPixelData(tileCache.getAll(keys).join().get(key));
-        } catch (CompletionException e) {
-            if (e.getCause() instanceof IllegalArgumentException) {
-                // Request arguments out of bounds
-                throw (IllegalArgumentException) e.getCause();
-            }
-            throw e;
-        }
+        return toPixelData(tileCache.getAll(keys).join().get(key));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBufferTest.java b/src/test/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBufferTest.java
index 85ec303..1618c9e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBufferTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/glencoesoftware/omero/zarr/ZarrPixelBufferTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletionException;
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
@@ -530,8 +529,7 @@ public void testTileIntegerOverflow()
         mapper.writeValue(output.resolve("0/0/.zarray").toFile(), zArray);
         try (ZarrPixelBuffer zpbuf =
                 createPixelBuffer(pixels, output.resolve("0"), 32, 32)) {
-            PixelData pixelData = zpbuf.getTile(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 50000, 50000);
-            Assert.assertNull(pixelData);
+            zpbuf.getTile(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 50000, 50000);
         }
     }