diff --git a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
index b88c83f6bc..5d16c8808b 100644
--- a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ evas_video_sink_main_render(void *data)
    ev->last_buffer = buffer;
 
  exit_point:
-   emotion_gstreamer_buffer_free(send);
+   if (send) emotion_gstreamer_buffer_free(send);
 
  exit_stream:
    if (priv)