diff --git a/src/common/image.cpp b/src/common/image.cpp
index 85ab31c7c2..78fe5b82a3 100644
--- a/src/common/image.cpp
+++ b/src/common/image.cpp
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@ wxImage wxImage::ResampleBox(int width, int height) const
     unsigned char* dst_data = ret_image.GetData();
     unsigned char* dst_alpha = NULL;
 
+    wxCHECK_MSG( dst_data, ret_image, wxS("unable to create image") );
+
     if ( src_alpha )
     {
         ret_image.SetAlpha();
@@ -782,6 +784,8 @@ wxImage wxImage::ResampleBilinear(int width, int height) const
     unsigned char* dst_data = ret_image.GetData();
     unsigned char* dst_alpha = NULL;
 
+    wxCHECK_MSG( dst_data, ret_image, wxS("unable to create image") );
+
     if ( src_alpha )
     {
         ret_image.SetAlpha();
@@ -961,6 +965,8 @@ wxImage wxImage::ResampleBicubic(int width, int height) const
     unsigned char* dst_data = ret_image.GetData();
     unsigned char* dst_alpha = NULL;
 
+    wxCHECK_MSG( dst_data, ret_image, wxS("unable to create image") );
+
     if ( src_alpha )
     {
         ret_image.SetAlpha();