diff --git a/encoder/src/main/java/com/pedro/encoder/utils/gl/GifStreamObject.java b/encoder/src/main/java/com/pedro/encoder/utils/gl/GifStreamObject.java
index 02979ca4d..efd78e02b 100644
--- a/encoder/src/main/java/com/pedro/encoder/utils/gl/GifStreamObject.java
+++ b/encoder/src/main/java/com/pedro/encoder/utils/gl/GifStreamObject.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public int getHeight() {
   }
 
   public void load(InputStream inputStreamGif) throws IOException {
+    if (inputStreamGif == null) throw new IOException("Read gif error: input stream is null");
     GifDecoder gifDecoder = new GifDecoder();
     if (gifDecoder.read(inputStreamGif, inputStreamGif.available()) == 0) {
       Log.i(TAG, "read gif ok");
diff --git a/encoder/src/test/java/com/pedro/encoder/input/gl/render/filters/GifFilterRenderTest.kt b/encoder/src/test/java/com/pedro/encoder/input/gl/render/filters/GifFilterRenderTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd04bfeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoder/src/test/java/com/pedro/encoder/input/gl/render/filters/GifFilterRenderTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.pedro.encoder.input.gl.render.filters
+
+import com.pedro.encoder.input.gl.render.filters.`object`.GifFilterRender
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.io.IOException
+
+class GifFilterRenderTest {
+
+  @Test(expected = IOException::class)
+  fun nullInputIsReportedAsIoException() {
+    GifFilterRender().setGif(null)
+  }
+}