diff --git a/splash/Splash.cc b/splash/Splash.cc
index b927e5e..9c897ac 100644
--- a/splash/Splash.cc
+++ b/splash/Splash.cc
@@ -3457,6 +3457,9 @@ SplashError Splash::drawImage(SplashImageSource src, void *srcData,
       }
       scaledImg = scaleImage(src, srcData, srcMode, nComps, srcAlpha, w, h,
 			     scaledWidth, scaledHeight);
+      if (scaledImg == NULL) {
+        return splashErrBadArg;
+      }
       blitImage(scaledImg, srcAlpha, x0, y0, clipRes);
       delete scaledImg;
     }
@@ -3492,6 +3495,9 @@ SplashError Splash::drawImage(SplashImageSource src, void *srcData,
       }
       scaledImg = scaleImage(src, srcData, srcMode, nComps, srcAlpha, w, h,
 			     scaledWidth, scaledHeight);
+      if (scaledImg == NULL) {
+        return splashErrBadArg;
+      }
       vertFlipImage(scaledImg, scaledWidth, scaledHeight, nComps);
       blitImage(scaledImg, srcAlpha, x0, y0, clipRes);
       delete scaledImg;