1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_playanim.c b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_playanim.c
index bb19ba4748f..bf793ee41a0 100644
--- a/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_playanim.c
+++ b/source/blender/windowmanager/intern/wm_playanim.c
@@ -1539,6 +1539,14 @@ static char *wm_main_playanim_intern(int argc, const char **argv)
     GHOST_SetBacktraceHandler((GHOST_TBacktraceFn)BLI_system_backtrace);
 
     g_WS.ghost_system = GHOST_CreateSystem();
+
+    if (UNLIKELY(g_WS.ghost_system == NULL)) {
+      /* GHOST will have reported the back-ends that failed to load. */
+      fprintf(stderr, "GHOST: unable to initialize, exiting!\n");
+      /* This will leak memory, it's preferable to crashing. */
+      exit(1);
+    }
+
     GHOST_AddEventConsumer(g_WS.ghost_system, consumer);
 
     playanim_window_open("Blender Animation Player", start_x, start_y, ibuf->x, ibuf->y);