diff --git a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/NativeMapView.java b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/NativeMapView.java
index 7753787fd..4e0ce33c5 100755
--- a/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/NativeMapView.java
+++ b/platform/android/MapboxGLAndroidSDK/src/main/java/com/mapbox/mapboxsdk/maps/NativeMapView.java
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ import android.os.Build;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.Surface;
 
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.Icon;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.Marker;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.Polygon;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.annotations.Polyline;
+import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.constants.MapboxConstants;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.LatLng;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.geometry.ProjectedMeters;
 import com.mapbox.mapboxsdk.offline.OfflineManager;
@@ -151,13 +153,17 @@ final class NativeMapView {
         }
 
         if (width > 65535) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "width cannot be greater than 65535.");
+            // we have seen edge cases where devices return incorrect values #6111
+            Log.e(MapboxConstants.TAG, "Device returned an out of range width size, " +
+                    "capping value at 65535 instead of " + width);
+            width = 65535;
         }
 
         if (height > 65535) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                    "height cannot be greater than 65535.");
+            // we have seen edge cases where devices return incorrect values #6111
+            Log.e(MapboxConstants.TAG, "Device returned an out of range height size, " +
+                    "capping value at 65535 instead of " + height);
+            height = 65535;
         }
         nativeViewResize(nativeMapViewPtr, width, height);
     }