diff --git a/src/include/switch_loadable_module.h b/src/include/switch_loadable_module.h
index 0392583870..f868830efc 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_loadable_module.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_loadable_module.h
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ static inline void switch_core_codec_add_implementation(switch_memory_pool_t *po
 
 static inline switch_bool_t switch_core_codec_ready(switch_codec_t *codec)
 {
-	return (codec->flags & SWITCH_CODEC_FLAG_READY) ? SWITCH_TRUE : SWITCH_FALSE;
+	return (codec && codec->implementation && (codec->flags & SWITCH_CODEC_FLAG_READY)) ? SWITCH_TRUE : SWITCH_FALSE;
 }