diff --git a/jax/_src/image/scale.py b/jax/_src/image/scale.py
index 491c51287..3c0713b1e 100644
--- a/jax/_src/image/scale.py
+++ b/jax/_src/image/scale.py
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ def _resize_nearest(x, output_shape: core.Shape):
     m = input_shape[d]
     n = output_shape[d]
     offsets = (jnp.arange(n) + 0.5) * core.dimension_as_value(m) / core.dimension_as_value(n)
-    offsets = jnp.floor(offsets).astype(np.int32)
+    # TODO(b/206898375): this computation produces the wrong result on
+    # CPU and GPU when using float64. Use float32 until the bug is fixed.
+    offsets = jnp.floor(offsets.astype(np.float32)).astype(np.int32)
     indices = [slice(None)] * len(input_shape)
     indices[d] = offsets
     x = x[tuple(indices)]
diff --git a/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py b/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
index 105e9b9db..7c0abb375 100644
--- a/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
+++ b/jax/_src/numpy/lax_numpy.py
@@ -3762,7 +3762,7 @@ def arange(start: core.DimSize, stop: Optional[core.DimSize]=None,
   msg = "It arose in jax.numpy.arange argument `{}`.".format
   dtype = dtype or _dtype(start, *(x for x in [stop, step] if x is not None))
   if stop is None and step is None:
-    if not core.is_dim_size(start):
+    if not core.is_special_dim_size(start):
       start = require(start, msg("stop"))
       start = np.ceil(start).astype(int)
 
diff --git a/jax/core.py b/jax/core.py
index c143d02b6..2a2804382 100644
--- a/jax/core.py
+++ b/jax/core.py
@@ -1376,13 +1376,10 @@ def _dim_handler_and_canonical(*dlist: DimSize) -> Tuple[DimensionHandler, Tuple
     raise ValueError(msg)
   return next(iter(special_handlers), _dimension_handler_int), tuple(canonical)
 
-def is_dim_size(v: Any) -> bool:
-  """Checks if a value is a DimSize."""
-  try:
-    handler, _ = _dim_handler_and_canonical(v)
-    return True
-  except TypeError:
-    return False
+def is_special_dim_size(v: Any) -> bool:
+  """Checks if a value is a special DimSize."""
+  handler = _SPECIAL_DIMENSION_HANDLERS.get(type(v))
+  return (handler is not None)
 
 def is_constant_dim(d: DimSize) -> bool:
   handler, ds = _dim_handler_and_canonical(d)
diff --git a/tests/image_test.py b/tests/image_test.py
index cafd7944a..6b5c2a105 100644
--- a/tests/image_test.py
+++ b/tests/image_test.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class ImageTest(jtu.JaxTestCase):
         "target_shape": target_shape,
         "method": method}
        for dtype in [np.float32]
+
        for target_shape, image_shape in itertools.combinations_with_replacement(
         [[3, 2], [6, 4], [33, 17], [50, 39]], 2)
        for method in ["nearest", "bilinear", "lanczos3", "bicubic"]))