diff --git a/playback/player/android/jni/player.c b/playback/player/android/jni/player.c
index ebfd0342e4..f9fcaeab9a 100644
--- a/playback/player/android/jni/player.c
+++ b/playback/player/android/jni/player.c
@@ -474,8 +474,17 @@ JNI_OnLoad (JavaVM * vm, void *reserved)
     return 0;
   }
   jclass klass = (*env)->FindClass (env, "org/freedesktop/gstreamer/Player");
-  (*env)->RegisterNatives (env, klass, native_methods,
-      G_N_ELEMENTS (native_methods));
+  if (!klass) {
+    __android_log_print (ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, "GstPlayer",
+        "Could not retrieve class org.freedesktop.gstreamer.Player");
+    return 0;
+  }
+  if ((*env)->RegisterNatives (env, klass, native_methods,
+          G_N_ELEMENTS (native_methods))) {
+    __android_log_print (ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, "GstPlayer",
+        "Could not register native methods for org.freedesktop.gstreamer.Player");
+    return 0;
+  }
 
   pthread_key_create (&current_jni_env, detach_current_thread);