diff --git a/media/libstagefright/FrameDecoder.cpp b/media/libstagefright/FrameDecoder.cpp
index 01190b5..0fd4ef2 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/FrameDecoder.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/FrameDecoder.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         return NULL;
     }
     sp<IMemory> frameMem = new MemoryBase(heap, 0, size);
-    if (frameMem == NULL) {
+    if (frameMem == NULL || frameMem->unsecurePointer() == NULL) {
         ALOGE("not enough memory for VideoFrame size=%zu", size);
         return NULL;
     }