diff --git a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
index 5d8914929b2e96dee060ad0d471acec20f6406b0..65dc1a16cce5e346419f2191378e64376e6d631b 100644
--- a/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
+++ b/src/VideoStreaming/VideoReceiver.cc
@@ -354,6 +354,10 @@ void VideoReceiver::setVideoSavePath(const QString & path)
 
 #if defined(QGC_GST_STREAMING)
 void VideoReceiver::_shutdownPipeline() {
+    if(!_pipeline) {
+        qCDebug(VideoReceiverLog) << "No pipeline";
+        return;
+    }
     GstBus* bus = NULL;
     if ((bus = gst_pipeline_get_bus(GST_PIPELINE(_pipeline))) != NULL) {
         gst_bus_disable_sync_message_emission(bus);