diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReproject.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReproject.scala
index 142c109208..371f9dfc8a 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReproject.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReproject.scala
@@ -70,8 +70,16 @@ object TileRDDReproject {
     implicit val sc = bufferedTiles.context
 
     val sourceDataGridExtent = metadata.layout.createAlignedGridExtent(metadata.extent)
-    val passthroughGridExtent = ReprojectRasterExtent(sourceDataGridExtent, metadata.crs, destCrs)
-    val targetDataExtent = passthroughGridExtent.extent
+    val (targetCellSize:CellSize,targetDataExtent:Extent)=
+      targetLayout match {
+        case Right(l) => {
+          (l.cellSize, l.createAlignedGridExtent(ProjectedExtent(metadata.extent,metadata.crs).reproject(destCrs)).extent)
+        }
+        case Left(l) => {
+          val passthroughGridExtent = ReprojectRasterExtent(sourceDataGridExtent, metadata.crs, destCrs)
+          (passthroughGridExtent.cellSize,passthroughGridExtent.extent)
+        }
+      }
 
     val targetPartitioner: Option[Partitioner] = partitioner.orElse(bufferedTiles.partitioner)
 
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ object TileRDDReproject {
                   layoutScheme.levelFor(targetDataExtent, ct)
 
                 case None =>
-                  layoutScheme.levelFor(targetDataExtent, passthroughGridExtent.cellSize)
+                  layoutScheme.levelFor(targetDataExtent, targetCellSize)
               }
           }
         }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReprojectSpec.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReprojectSpec.scala
index b0492a5d8d..4c261e9681 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReprojectSpec.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/geotrellis/spark/reproject/TileRDDReprojectSpec.scala
@@ -26,10 +26,8 @@ import geotrellis.spark.reproject.Reproject.Options
 import geotrellis.spark.testkit._
 import geotrellis.vector._
 import geotrellis.proj4._
-
 import spire.syntax.cfor._
 import org.apache.spark._
-
 import org.scalatest.funspec.AnyFunSpec
 
 class TileRDDReprojectSpec extends AnyFunSpec with TestEnvironment {
@@ -328,4 +326,23 @@ class TileRDDReprojectSpec extends AnyFunSpec with TestEnvironment {
       afterMetadata.layout should be (beforeMetadata.layout)
     }
   }
+
+  describe("Very small cube at high latitude") {
+    it("should reproject without error") {
+      val layout = LayoutDefinition(RasterExtent(Extent(-120.550992, 71.82628788888888, -120.5421031111111, 71.83517677777778),32,32),32,32)
+      val targetLayout = LayoutDefinition(RasterExtent(Extent(585180.0, 7971640.0, 585820.0, 7972280.0),32,32),32,32)
+      val extent = Extent(-120.550992, 71.834899, -120.550792, 71.835099)
+      val cube: TileLayerRDD[SpatialKey] = TileLayerRDDBuilders.createTileLayerRDD(sc,ByteArrayTile.fill(1,32,32),layout.tileLayout,LatLng)
+
+      val utm = CRS.fromEpsgCode(32610)
+
+      val badMetadata = cube.metadata.copy(crs = LatLng, extent = extent,layout = layout)
+      val result = TileRDDReproject(ContextRDD(cube,badMetadata), utm, Right(targetLayout), 16,Reproject.Options.DEFAULT,None)
+      //should not throw an error
+      val resultMetadata = result._2.metadata
+      targetLayout should be (resultMetadata.layout)
+      utm should be (resultMetadata.crs)
+
+    }
+  }
 }