diff --git a/media/libdatasource/DataSourceFactory.cpp b/media/libdatasource/DataSourceFactory.cpp
index bb6a08c..f91e3ea 100644
--- a/media/libdatasource/DataSourceFactory.cpp
+++ b/media/libdatasource/DataSourceFactory.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
         sp<HTTPBase> mediaHTTP = httpSource;
         if (mediaHTTP == NULL) {
             mediaHTTP = static_cast<HTTPBase *>(CreateMediaHTTP(httpService).get());
+            if (mediaHTTP == NULL) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
         }
 
         String8 cacheConfig;