diff --git a/src/engine/client/notifications.cpp b/src/engine/client/notifications.cpp
index 8153815d7..4cacd6519 100644
--- a/src/engine/client/notifications.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/client/notifications.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ void NotificationsUninit()
 void NotificationsNotify(const char *pTitle, const char *pMessage)
 {
 	NotifyNotification *pNotif = notify_notification_new(pTitle, pMessage, "ddnet");
-	notify_notification_show(pNotif, NULL);
-	g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(pNotif));
+	if(pNotif)
+	{
+		notify_notification_show(pNotif, NULL);
+		g_object_unref(G_OBJECT(pNotif));
+	}
 }
 #else
 void NotificationsInit()