diff --git a/libavcodec/g2meet.c b/libavcodec/g2meet.c
index 51ec5bb2e7..8eb310bd8d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/g2meet.c
+++ b/libavcodec/g2meet.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ static int g2m_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
     if (got_header)
         c->got_header = 1;
 
-    if (c->width && c->height) {
+    if (c->width && c->height && c->framebuf) {
         if ((ret = ff_get_buffer(avctx, pic, 0)) < 0) {
             av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "get_buffer() failed\n");
             return ret;