diff --git a/scala-package/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/Image.scala b/scala-package/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/Image.scala
index 9276452c3ba0..9d5216cbc862 100644
--- a/scala-package/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/Image.scala
+++ b/scala-package/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/Image.scala
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ object Image {
     *               to mxnet's default RGB format (instead of opencv's default BGR).
     * @return NDArray in HWC format
     */
-  def imDecode(buf: Array[Byte], flag: Int, toRGB: Boolean, out: NDArray): NDArray = {
-    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imDecode(buf, flag, toRGB, Some(out))
+  def imDecode(buf: Array[Byte], flag: Int, toRGB: Boolean): NDArray = {
+    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imDecode(buf, flag, toRGB, None)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -40,9 +40,8 @@ object Image {
     * @param inputStream the inputStream of the image
     * @return NDArray in HWC format
     */
-  def imDecode(inputStream: InputStream, flag: Int = 1, toRGB: Boolean = true,
-               out: NDArray): NDArray = {
-    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imDecode(inputStream, flag, toRGB, Some(out))
+  def imDecode(inputStream: InputStream, flag: Int = 1, toRGB: Boolean = true): NDArray = {
+    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imDecode(inputStream, flag, toRGB, None)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -54,8 +53,8 @@ object Image {
     *                 (instead of opencv's default BGR).
     * @return org.apache.mxnet.NDArray in HWC format
     */
-  def imRead(filename: String, flag: Int, toRGB: Boolean = true, out: NDArray): NDArray = {
-    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imRead(filename, Some(flag), Some(toRGB), Some(out))
+  def imRead(filename: String, flag: Int, toRGB: Boolean = true): NDArray = {
+    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imRead(filename, Some(flag), Some(toRGB), None)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -66,9 +65,9 @@ object Image {
     * @param interp  Interpolation method (default=cv2.INTER_LINEAR).
     * @return org.apache.mxnet.NDArray
     */
-  def imResize(src: NDArray, w: Int, h: Int,
-               interp: Integer, out: NDArray): NDArray = {
-    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imResize(src, w, h, Some(interp), Some(out))
+  def imResize(src: NDArray, w: Int, h: Int, interp: Integer): NDArray = {
+    val interpVal = if (interp == null) None else Some(interp.intValue())
+    org.apache.mxnet.Image.imResize(src, w, h, interpVal, None)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java b/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java
index 7a028be30527..049b1d6156be 100644
--- a/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java
+++ b/scala-package/core/src/test/java/org/apache/mxnet/javaapi/ImageTest.java
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.net.URL;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+
 public class ImageTest {
 
-    private String imLocation;
+    private static String imLocation;
 
-    private void downloadUrl(String url, String filePath, int maxRetry) throws Exception{
+    private static void downloadUrl(String url, String filePath, int maxRetry) throws Exception{
         File tmpFile = new File(filePath);
         Boolean success = false;
         if (!tmpFile.exists()) {
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ private void downloadUrl(String url, String filePath, int maxRetry) throws Excep
     }
 
     @BeforeClass
-    public void downloadFile() throws Exception {
+    public static void downloadFile() throws Exception {
         String tempDirPath = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
         imLocation = tempDirPath + "/inputImages/Pug-Cookie.jpg";
         try {
@@ -42,8 +44,10 @@ public void downloadFile() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void testImageProcess() {
-        NDArray nd = Image.imRead(imLocation, 1, true, null);
-        NDArray nd2 = Image.imResize(nd, 224, 224, null, null);
+        NDArray nd = Image.imRead(imLocation, 1, true);
+        assertArrayEquals(nd.shape().toArray(), new int[]{576, 1024, 3});
+        NDArray nd2 = Image.imResize(nd, 224, 224, null);
+        assertArrayEquals(nd.shape().toArray(), new int[]{224, 224, 3});
         NDArray cropped = Image.fixedCrop(nd, 0, 0, 224, 224);
         Image.toImage(cropped);
     }
diff --git a/scala-package/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/mxnetexamples/javaapi/infer/predictor/PredictorExample.java b/scala-package/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/mxnetexamples/javaapi/infer/predictor/PredictorExample.java
index a1c3401c2378..4559315866ba 100644
--- a/scala-package/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/mxnetexamples/javaapi/infer/predictor/PredictorExample.java
+++ b/scala-package/examples/src/main/java/org/apache/mxnetexamples/javaapi/infer/predictor/PredictorExample.java
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         inputDesc.add(new DataDesc("data", inputShape, DType.Float32(), "NCHW"));
         Predictor predictor = new Predictor(inst.modelPathPrefix, inputDesc, context,0);
         // Prepare data
-        NDArray img = Image.imRead(inst.inputImagePath, 1, true, null);
-        img = Image.imResize(img, 224, 224, null, null);
+        NDArray img = Image.imRead(inst.inputImagePath, 1, true);
+        img = Image.imResize(img, 224, 224, null);
         // predict
         float[][] result = predictor.predict(new float[][]{img.toArray()});
         try {