diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
index 6a09227..df36046 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/NuPlayer.cpp
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@
                 if (mSource != nullptr) {
                     if (audio) {
                         if (mVideoDecoderError || mSource->getFormat(false /* audio */) == NULL
-                                || mSurface == NULL) {
+                                || mSurface == NULL || mVideoDecoder == NULL) {
                             // When both audio and video have error, or this stream has only audio
                             // which has error, notify client of error.
                             notifyListener(MEDIA_ERROR, MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN, err);
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@
                         mAudioDecoderError = true;
                     } else {
                         if (mAudioDecoderError || mSource->getFormat(true /* audio */) == NULL
-                                || mAudioSink == NULL) {
+                                || mAudioSink == NULL || mAudioDecoder == NULL) {
                             // When both audio and video have error, or this stream has only video
                             // which has error, notify client of error.
                             notifyListener(MEDIA_ERROR, MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN, err);