diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c
index acb57340aa..abf2b79f4a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpclientsrc.c
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ gst_tcp_client_src_get_stats (GstTCPClientSrc * src)
   s = gst_structure_new ("GstTCPClientSrcStats",
       "bytes-received", G_TYPE_UINT64, src->bytes_received, NULL);
 
-  gst_tcp_stats_from_socket (s, src->socket);
+  if (src->socket != NULL)
+    gst_tcp_stats_from_socket (s, src->socket);
 
   return s;
 }
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c
index 2e3403bdd7..cc76ffebbc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/gsttcpserversrc.c
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@ gst_tcp_server_src_get_stats (GstTCPServerSrc * src)
   s = gst_structure_new ("GstTCPServerSrcStats",
       "bytes-received", G_TYPE_UINT64, src->bytes_received, NULL);
 
-  gst_tcp_stats_from_socket (s, src->client_socket);
+  if (src->client_socket != NULL)
+    gst_tcp_stats_from_socket (s, src->client_socket);
 
   return s;
 }