diff --git a/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/ff_ffplay.c b/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/ff_ffplay.c
index 42e64f15b1528240de33f104ed2680d262784879..276f24b5535bc3cd321748444a2bcb476911a728 100644
--- a/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/ff_ffplay.c
+++ b/ijkmedia/ijkplayer/ff_ffplay.c
@@ -1522,6 +1522,9 @@ static int ffplay_video_thread(void *arg)
     enum AVPixelFormat last_format = -2;
     int last_serial = -1;
     int last_vfilter_idx = 0;
+    if (!graph)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
 #endif
 
     if (!frame)