diff --git a/playback/player/gtk/gtk-video-renderer.c b/playback/player/gtk/gtk-video-renderer.c
index 01921b0fce..b784f4ac0b 100644
--- a/playback/player/gtk/gtk-video-renderer.c
+++ b/playback/player/gtk/gtk-video-renderer.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ GtkWidget *gst_player_gtk_video_renderer_get_widget
 {
   GtkWidget *widget;
 
-  g_return_if_fail (GST_IS_PLAYER_GTK_VIDEO_RENDERER (self));
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_PLAYER_GTK_VIDEO_RENDERER (self), NULL);
 
   g_object_get (self, "widget", &widget, NULL);