diff --git a/ext/gd/gd.c b/ext/gd/gd.c
index 48e031ddec02..2506a33fe7c7 100644
--- a/ext/gd/gd.c
+++ b/ext/gd/gd.c
@@ -3634,8 +3634,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(imagescale)
 	im = php_gd_libgdimageptr_from_zval_p(IM);
 
 	if (tmp_h < 0 && tmp_w < 0) {
-		zend_value_error("$width and $height cannot be both negative");
-		RETURN_THROWS();
+		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
 	if (tmp_h < 0 || tmp_w < 0) {
diff --git a/ext/gd/tests/gh17703.phpt b/ext/gd/tests/gh17703.phpt
index 39cc9a9d5552..512ced92cf47 100644
--- a/ext/gd/tests/gh17703.phpt
+++ b/ext/gd/tests/gh17703.phpt
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ gd
 
 $img = imagecreatetruecolor ( 256, 1);
 
-try {
-	imagescale($img, -1, -1, 0);
-} catch (\ValueError $e) {
-	echo $e->getMessage();
-}
+var_dump(imagescale($img, -1, -1, 0));
 ?>
 --EXPECT--
-$width and $height cannot be both negative
+bool(false)