diff --git a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageWriter.java b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageWriter.java
index 56c21e18548b5..cd48d6422f5d4 100644
--- a/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageWriter.java
+++ b/src/java.desktop/share/classes/com/sun/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPImageWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2003, 2021, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2003, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -324,8 +324,11 @@ public void write(IIOMetadata streamMetadata,
         }
 
         if (!canEncodeImage(compressionType, colorModel, sampleModel)) {
-            throw new IOException("Image can not be encoded with compression type "
-                                  + BMPCompressionTypes.getName(compressionType));
+            throw new
+            IOException("Image can not be encoded with compression type "
+                        + BMPCompressionTypes.getName(compressionType)
+                        + " and " + colorModel.getPixelSize()
+                        + " bits per pixel");
         }
 
         byte[] r = null, g = null, b = null, a = null;
@@ -1452,8 +1455,11 @@ protected boolean canEncodeImage(int compression, ImageTypeSpecifier imgType) {
         if (!spi.canEncodeImage(imgType)) {
             return false;
         }
-        int biType = imgType.getBufferedImageType();
         int bpp = imgType.getColorModel().getPixelSize();
+        if (bpp != 0 && bpp != 1 && bpp != 4 && bpp != 8 &&
+            bpp != 15 && bpp != 16 && bpp != 24 && bpp != 32) {
+            return false;
+        }
         if (compressionType == BI_RLE4 && bpp != 4) {
             // only 4bpp images can be encoded as BI_RLE4
             return false;
diff --git a/test/jdk/javax/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPBitsPerPixelTest.java b/test/jdk/javax/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPBitsPerPixelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12d2052f80c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/jdk/javax/imageio/plugins/bmp/BMPBitsPerPixelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * @test
+ * @bug 8278086
+ * @summary Tests that writing invalid bits per pixel image in BMP
+            throws IOException
+ */
+
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import java.awt.image.IndexColorModel;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+
+public class BMPBitsPerPixelTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        test(1, false);
+        test(2, true);
+        test(3, true);
+        test(4, false);
+        test(5, true);
+        test(6, true);
+        test(7, true);
+        test(8, false);
+    }
+
+    public static void test(int bpp, boolean shouldThrowException) {
+        int palettes = (int)Math.pow(2, bpp);
+        byte[] r = new byte[palettes];
+        byte[] g = new byte[palettes];
+        byte[] b = new byte[palettes];
+        boolean exceptionThrown = false;
+        try {
+            IndexColorModel cm = new IndexColorModel(bpp, palettes, r, g, b);
+            int imageType = BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY;
+            if (bpp > 4) {
+                imageType = BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_INDEXED;
+            }
+            BufferedImage img = new
+                BufferedImage(10, 10, imageType, (IndexColorModel)cm);
+            File file = File.createTempFile("test", ".bmp", new File("."));
+            file.deleteOnExit();
+            ImageIO.write(img, "BMP", file);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            exceptionThrown = true;
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected exception: " + e);
+        }
+
+        if (shouldThrowException && !exceptionThrown) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("IOException was not caught.");
+        } else if (!shouldThrowException && exceptionThrown) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("IOException should not be thrown.");
+        } else {
+            System.out.println("Test PASSED.");
+        }
+    }
+}