1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_scale_qsv.c b/libavfilter/vf_scale_qsv.c
index 381844cdc4..e9bfff867d 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_scale_qsv.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_scale_qsv.c
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ static int init_out_session(AVFilterContext *ctx)
         }
     }
 
+    if (err != MFX_ERR_NONE) {
+        av_log(ctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error getting the session handle\n");
+        return AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
+    }
+
     /* create a "slave" session with those same properties, to be used for
      * actual scaling */
     err = MFXInit(impl, &ver, &s->session);