diff --git a/modules/video_capture/windows/video_capture_ds.cc b/modules/video_capture/windows/video_capture_ds.cc
index 778fd8761a..ea377a3b05 100644
--- a/modules/video_capture/windows/video_capture_ds.cc
+++ b/modules/video_capture/windows/video_capture_ds.cc
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ int32_t VideoCaptureDS::Init(const char* deviceUniqueIdUTF8) {
   }
 
   _outputCapturePin = GetOutputPin(_captureFilter, PIN_CATEGORY_CAPTURE);
+  if (!_outputCapturePin) {
+    RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "Failed to get output capture pin";
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   // Create the sink filte used for receiving Captured frames.
   _sinkFilter = new CaptureSinkFilter(SINK_FILTER_NAME, NULL, &hr, *this);
@@ -109,7 +113,12 @@ int32_t VideoCaptureDS::Init(const char* deviceUniqueIdUTF8) {
     RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "Failed to add the send filter to the graph.";
     return -1;
   }
+
   _inputSendPin = GetInputPin(_sinkFilter);
+  if (!_inputSendPin) {
+    RTC_LOG(LS_INFO) << "Failed to get input send pin";
+    return -1;
+  }
 
   // Temporary connect here.
   // This is done so that no one else can use the capture device.