diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index 4a5f4d3aed5bf9339aba259c85802bd8fa6c2c12..509c6ce4fe4f3d3e2a354110815512d8b9615c4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -1071,6 +1071,8 @@ public class FileBackend {
                 options.inSampleSize *= 2;
                 bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(file.getAbsolutePath(), options);
             }
+            if (bitmap == null) return null;
+
             bitmap = resize(bitmap, size);
             bitmap = rotate(bitmap, getRotation(file));
             if (mime.equals("image/gif")) {