diff --git a/Tests/test_image_crop.py b/Tests/test_image_crop.py
index c887ab0c1..be50b46b7 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_crop.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_crop.py
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@ class TestImageCrop(PillowTestCase):
 
     def test_crop(self):
         def crop(mode):
-            out = hopper(mode).crop((50, 50, 100, 100))
-            self.assertEqual(out.mode, mode)
-            self.assertEqual(out.size, (50, 50))
+            im = hopper(mode)
+            self.assert_image_equal(im.crop(), im)
+
+            cropped = im.crop((50, 50, 100, 100))
+            self.assertEqual(cropped.mode, mode)
+            self.assertEqual(cropped.size, (50, 50))
         for mode in "1", "P", "L", "RGB", "I", "F":
             crop(mode)
 
@@ -70,23 +73,23 @@ class TestImageCrop(PillowTestCase):
         #Image.crop crashes prepatch with an access violation
         #apparently a use after free on windows, see
         #https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/1077
-        
+
         test_img = 'Tests/images/bmp/g/pal8-0.bmp'
         extents = (1,1,10,10)
         #works prepatch
         img = Image.open(test_img)
         img2 = img.crop(extents)
         img2.load()
-        
+
         # fail prepatch
         img = Image.open(test_img)
         img = img.crop(extents)
         img.load()
 
     def test_crop_zero(self):
-        
+
         im = Image.new('RGB', (0, 0), 'white')
-        
+
         cropped = im.crop((0, 0, 0, 0))
         self.assertEqual(cropped.size, (0, 0))
 
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ class TestImageCrop(PillowTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(cropped.getdata()[0], (0, 0, 0))
 
         im = Image.new('RGB', (0, 0))
-        
+
         cropped = im.crop((10, 10, 20, 20))
         self.assertEqual(cropped.size, (10, 10))
         self.assertEqual(cropped.getdata()[2], (0, 0, 0))