diff --git a/src/caffe/layers/flatten_layer.cpp b/src/caffe/layers/flatten_layer.cpp
index d831fb5c6b5..87cabfaed2f 100644
--- a/src/caffe/layers/flatten_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/layers/flatten_layer.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ namespace caffe {
 template <typename Dtype>
 void FlattenLayer<Dtype>::Reshape(const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& bottom,
       const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& top) {
+  CHECK_NE(top[0], bottom[0]) << this->type() << " Layer does not "
+        "allow in-place computation.";
   const int start_axis = bottom[0]->CanonicalAxisIndex(
       this->layer_param_.flatten_param().axis());
   const int end_axis = bottom[0]->CanonicalAxisIndex(
diff --git a/src/caffe/layers/reshape_layer.cpp b/src/caffe/layers/reshape_layer.cpp
index 8659049b528..9a34a2587b0 100644
--- a/src/caffe/layers/reshape_layer.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/layers/reshape_layer.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ namespace caffe {
 template <typename Dtype>
 void ReshapeLayer<Dtype>::LayerSetUp(const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& bottom,
     const vector<Blob<Dtype>*>& top) {
+  CHECK_NE(top[0], bottom[0]) << this->type() << " Layer does not "
+        "allow in-place computation.";
   inferred_axis_ = -1;
   copy_axes_.clear();
   const BlobShape& top_blob_shape = this->layer_param_.reshape_param().shape();