diff --git a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
index 79045fcaf9..7cf66be243 100644
--- a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,8 @@ _image_resize(void *data, Evas *e EINA_UNUSED, Evas_Object *obj, void *event_inf
                }
           }
 
+        if (!engine) return;
+
         if (strstr(engine, "software") != NULL)
           {
              caps = gst_caps_new_simple("video/x-raw-rgb",