diff --git a/test/test_transforms_tensor.py b/test/test_transforms_tensor.py
index eac52dafc17..628cefb6c11 100644
--- a/test/test_transforms_tensor.py
+++ b/test/test_transforms_tensor.py
@@ -561,6 +561,25 @@ def test_convert_image_dtype_save_load(tmpdir):
     _test_fn_save_load(fn, tmpdir)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("device", cpu_and_cuda())
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("in_dtype", [torch.float16, torch.bfloat16])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("out_dtype", [torch.uint8, torch.int8, torch.int16, torch.int32])
+def test_convert_image_dtype_half_precision(device, in_dtype, out_dtype):
+    image = torch.tensor([0.0, 0.5, 1.0], dtype=in_dtype, device=device).reshape(1, 1, 3)
+    result = F.convert_image_dtype(image, out_dtype)
+    max_val = torch.iinfo(out_dtype).max
+    assert result[0, 0, 0] == 0, f"0.0 should map to 0, got {result[0, 0, 0]}"
+    assert result[0, 0, 2] == max_val, f"1.0 should map to {max_val}, got {result[0, 0, 2]}"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("device", cpu_and_cuda())
+def test_convert_image_dtype_int_to_float16_raises(device):
+    for in_dtype in (torch.int32, torch.int64):
+        image = torch.tensor([0, 1, 2], dtype=in_dtype, device=device).reshape(1, 1, 3)
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match=r"cannot be performed safely"):
+            F.convert_image_dtype(image, torch.float16)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("device", cpu_and_cuda())
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("policy", [policy for policy in T.AutoAugmentPolicy])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("fill", [None, 85, (10, -10, 10), 0.7, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [1], 1])
diff --git a/torchvision/transforms/_functional_tensor.py b/torchvision/transforms/_functional_tensor.py
index 1a9830450d5..ab7240d59b5 100644
--- a/torchvision/transforms/_functional_tensor.py
+++ b/torchvision/transforms/_functional_tensor.py
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ def convert_image_dtype(image: torch.Tensor, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float) -
         # when float is exactly 1.0.
         # `max + 1 - epsilon` provides more evenly distributed mapping of
         # ranges of floats to ints.
+        # float16/bfloat16 lack precision: 255.999 rounds to 256.0, overflowing to 0 on .to(uint8).
+        if image.dtype == torch.float16 or image.dtype == torch.bfloat16:
+            image = image.to(torch.float32)
         eps = 1e-3
         max_val = float(_max_value(dtype))
         result = image.mul(max_val + 1.0 - eps)
@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ def convert_image_dtype(image: torch.Tensor, dtype: torch.dtype = torch.float) -
         # int to float
         # TODO: replace with dtype.is_floating_point when torchscript supports it
         if torch.tensor(0, dtype=dtype).is_floating_point():
+            if dtype == torch.float16 and image.dtype in (torch.int32, torch.int64):
+                msg = f"The cast from {image.dtype} to {dtype} cannot be performed safely."
+                raise RuntimeError(msg)
             image = image.to(dtype)
             return image / input_max