diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
index f7e52eb68578f39b5c5c24c7f855d508bb9bfaf6..ed750ce71e813ad1b49fa2848341646f9343e6f5 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ VideoReceiver::start()
 void
 VideoReceiver::stop()
 {
-    if(qgcApp()->runningUnitTests()) {
+    if(qgcApp() && qgcApp()->runningUnitTests()) {
         return;
     }
 #if defined(QGC_GST_STREAMING)