diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp
index 42e95da..9350440 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayerRenderer.cpp
@@ -405,10 +405,10 @@
     msg->setInt32("flags", flags);
 
     sp<AMessage> response;
-    msg->postAndAwaitResponse(&response);
+    status_t postStatus = msg->postAndAwaitResponse(&response);
 
     int32_t err;
-    if (!response->findInt32("err", &err)) {
+    if (postStatus != OK || response.get() == nullptr || !response->findInt32("err", &err)) {
         err = INVALID_OPERATION;
     } else if (err == OK && isOffloaded != NULL) {
         int32_t offload;