diff --git a/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/VideoFFmpeg.cpp b/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/VideoFFmpeg.cpp
index 91b8a54dd86..277ac192686 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/VideoFFmpeg.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/VideoTexture/VideoFFmpeg.cpp
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void VideoFFmpeg::openFile (char * filename)
 
 	if (
 #ifdef FFMPEG_PB_IS_POINTER
-        m_formatCtx->pb->is_streamed
+        m_formatCtx->pb && m_formatCtx->pb->is_streamed
 #else
         m_formatCtx->pb.is_streamed
 #endif