diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/directfb/evas_engine_dfb_image_objects.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/directfb/evas_engine_dfb_image_objects.c
index 9eef654b3b..13d235cda2 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/directfb/evas_engine_dfb_image_objects.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/engines/directfb/evas_engine_dfb_image_objects.c
@@ -54,6 +54,15 @@ evas_engine_directfb_image_load(void *data, char *file, char *key, int *error)
    /* Image is not in cache or not already used -> create it */
    re->dfb->CreateImageProvider(re->dfb, file, &provider);
    if (!provider) return NULL;
+   /* Ok DirectFB you have a BUG with loading... "" files. this is a */
+   /* work-around to double-check in case DirectFB screws up.. but I need to */
+   /* fix this in DirectFB anyway. */
+   if ((!provider->GetSurfaceDescription) ||
+       (!provider->GetImageDescription))
+     {
+	provider->Release(provider);
+	return NULL;
+     }
    provider->GetSurfaceDescription(provider, &dsc);
    provider->GetImageDescription(provider, &img_desc);