diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp
index 0d757f75bd586..da6219fcfeb1c 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp
@@ -514,6 +514,9 @@ static jobject nativeDecodeFileDescriptor(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz, jobject fi
     }
 
     SkAutoTUnref<SkData> data(SkData::NewFromFD(descriptor));
+    if (data.get() == NULL) {
+        return nullObjectReturn("NewFromFD failed in nativeDecodeFileDescriptor");
+    }
     SkAutoTUnref<SkMemoryStream> stream(new SkMemoryStream(data));
 
     /* Allow purgeable iff we own the FD, i.e., in the puregeable and