diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp
index 79bfa17..70e6604 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/BitmapFactory.cpp
@@ -507,9 +507,18 @@
                 ninePatchChunk, ninePatchInsets, -1);
     }
 
+    // Speculative fix for b/112551574. It doesn't seem like |b| can be null. If it is, print some
+    // info that might be helpful to diagnose.
+    Bitmap* b = defaultAllocator.getStorageObjAndReset();
+    if (!b) {
+        ALOGW("defaultAllocator has no storage object!");
+        ALOGW("\tjavaBitmap: %s", (javaBitmap == nullptr ? "null" : "present"));
+        ALOGW("\tisHardware: %s", (isHardware ? "true" : "false"));
+        ALOGW("\twillScale: %s", (willScale ? "true" : "false"));
+        return nullptr;
+    }
     // now create the java bitmap
-    return bitmap::createBitmap(env, defaultAllocator.getStorageObjAndReset(),
-            bitmapCreateFlags, ninePatchChunk, ninePatchInsets, -1);
+    return bitmap::createBitmap(env, b, bitmapCreateFlags, ninePatchChunk, ninePatchInsets, -1);
 }
 
 static jobject nativeDecodeStream(JNIEnv* env, jobject clazz, jobject is, jbyteArray storage,