diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c
index 00f879b9db..a37d7a7d09 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/audio/gstaudiodecoder.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ gst_audio_decoder_finish_frame (GstAudioDecoder * dec, GstBuffer * buf,
 
   GST_AUDIO_DECODER_STREAM_LOCK (dec);
 
-  if (priv->pending_events) {
+  if (buf && priv->pending_events) {
     GList *pending_events, *l;
 
     pending_events = priv->pending_events;