diff --git a/dlls/windowscodecs/bmpdecode.c b/dlls/windowscodecs/bmpdecode.c
index 7b3f82dac56..54de0f1b1a7 100644
--- a/dlls/windowscodecs/bmpdecode.c
+++ b/dlls/windowscodecs/bmpdecode.c
@@ -1113,6 +1113,8 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI BmpDecoder_GetThumbnail(IWICBitmapDecoder *iface,
 static HRESULT WINAPI BmpDecoder_GetFrameCount(IWICBitmapDecoder *iface,
     UINT *pCount)
 {
+    if (!pCount) return E_INVALIDARG;
+
     *pCount = 1;
     return S_OK;
 }