diff --git a/runloop_data.c b/runloop_data.c
index f90e82bf53..5ec626bba8 100644
--- a/runloop_data.c
+++ b/runloop_data.c
@@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ static void rarch_main_data_nbio_image_iterate(bool is_thread,
 {
    (void)is_thread;
 
+   if (!image)
+      return;
+
    if (image->handle)
    {
       if (image->is_blocking_on_processing)