diff --git a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_image.py b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_image.py
index 9db2b9e2e52..3acf6249883 100644
--- a/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_image.py
+++ b/odoo/addons/base/tests/test_image.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class TestImage(TransactionCase):
         res = tools.image_process(self.img_1920x1080_jpeg, verify_resolution=True)
         self.assertNotEqual(res, False, "size ok")
         image_excessive = tools.image_apply_opt(Image.new('RGB', (50001, 1000)), 'PNG')
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError, msg="size excessive"):
+        with self.assertRaises(UserError, msg="size excessive"):
             tools.image_process(image_excessive, verify_resolution=True)
 
     def test_13_image_process_quality(self):
diff --git a/odoo/tools/image.py b/odoo/tools/image.py
index a4d8e4604de..1bf10e8d1f0 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/image.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/image.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ImageProcess():
 
             w, h = self.image.size
             if verify_resolution and w * h > IMAGE_MAX_RESOLUTION:
-                raise ValueError(_("Image size excessive, uploaded images must be smaller than %s million pixels.", str(IMAGE_MAX_RESOLUTION / 1e6)))
+                raise UserError(_("Image size excessive, uploaded images must be smaller than %s million pixels.", str(IMAGE_MAX_RESOLUTION / 1e6)))
 
     def image_quality(self, quality=0, output_format=''):
         """Return the image resulting of all the image processing