diff --git a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp
index a7da3f3b38c..a563c78802b 100644
--- a/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp
+++ b/jdk/src/windows/native/sun/java2d/d3d/D3DPipelineManager.cpp
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ void D3DPipelineManager::NotifyAdapterEventListeners(UINT adapter,
     }
 
     JNIEnv *env = (JNIEnv *)JNU_GetEnv(jvm, JNI_VERSION_1_2);
+    RETURN_IF_NULL(env);
 
     pMgr = D3DPipelineManager::GetInstance();
     RETURN_IF_NULL(pMgr);