diff --git a/media/jni/android_media_ImageReader.cpp b/media/jni/android_media_ImageReader.cpp
index b00f5a5..f5e19f9 100644
--- a/media/jni/android_media_ImageReader.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/android_media_ImageReader.cpp
@@ -722,6 +722,9 @@
 
     LockedImage lockedImg = LockedImage();
     Image_getLockedImage(env, thiz, &lockedImg);
+    if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     // Create all SurfacePlanes
     for (int i = 0; i < numPlanes; i++) {
         Image_getLockedImageInfo(env, &lockedImg, i, halReaderFormat,