diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/gstjniutils.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/gstjniutils.c
index 219268cfe8..e794c47512 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/gstjniutils.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/gstjniutils.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ jobject
 gst_amc_jni_object_make_global (JNIEnv * env, jobject object)
 {
   jobject ret;
+  g_return_val_if_fail (object != NULL, NULL);
 
   ret = (*env)->NewGlobalRef (env, object);
   if (!ret) {
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ jobject
 gst_amc_jni_object_ref (JNIEnv * env, jobject object)
 {
   jobject ret;
+  g_return_val_if_fail (object != NULL, NULL);
 
   ret = (*env)->NewGlobalRef (env, object);
   if (!ret) {