diff --git a/starboard/shared/win32/dx_context_video_decoder.cc b/starboard/shared/win32/dx_context_video_decoder.cc
index 1ca74038cb85..b576659c87bb 100644
--- a/starboard/shared/win32/dx_context_video_decoder.cc
+++ b/starboard/shared/win32/dx_context_video_decoder.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ HardwareDecoderContext GetDirectXForHardwareDecoding() {
   query_display(display, EGL_DEVICE_EXT, &egl_device);
   SB_DCHECK(egl_device != 0);
 
-  intptr_t device;
+  intptr_t device = 0;
   query_device(reinterpret_cast<EGLDeviceEXT>(egl_device),
                EGL_D3D11_DEVICE_ANGLE, &device);
 
diff --git a/starboard/shared/win32/video_decoder.cc b/starboard/shared/win32/video_decoder.cc
index b69cdaf5bb1c..f8890195d88b 100644
--- a/starboard/shared/win32/video_decoder.cc
+++ b/starboard/shared/win32/video_decoder.cc
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ VideoDecoder::VideoDecoder(
   HardwareDecoderContext hardware_context = GetDirectXForHardwareDecoding();
   d3d_device_ = hardware_context.dx_device_out;
   device_manager_ = hardware_context.dxgi_device_manager_out;
+  if (!d3d_device_ || !device_manager_) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   HRESULT hr = d3d_device_.As(&video_device_);
   if (FAILED(hr)) {
     return;