diff --git a/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp b/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp
index e7ca24d29c..d794cac47a 100644
--- a/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_chunk_atom.cpp
@@ -313,9 +313,14 @@ ComputeChunkAtom::ComputeChunkAtom(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
     error->all(FLERR,"Illegal compute chunk/atom command");
   if (which == BIN2D && (delta[0] <= 0.0 || delta[1] <= 0.0))
     error->all(FLERR,"Illegal compute chunk/atom command");
+  if (which == BIN2D && (dim[0] == dim[1]))
+    error->all(FLERR,"Illegal compute chunk/atom command");
   if (which == BIN3D &&
       (delta[0] <= 0.0 || delta[1] <= 0.0 || delta[2] <= 0.0))
       error->all(FLERR,"Illegal compute chunk/atom command");
+  if (which == BIN3D &&
+      (dim[0] == dim[1] || dm[1] == dim[2] || dim[0] == dim[2]))
+      error->all(FLERR,"Illegal compute chunk/atom command");
   if (which == BINSPHERE) {
     if (domain->dimension == 2 && sorigin_user[2] != 0.0) 
       error->all(FLERR,"Compute chunk/atom sphere z origin must be 0.0 for 2d");