diff --git a/android/jni/app-android.cpp b/android/jni/app-android.cpp
index acdf51e099..78b4492835 100644
--- a/android/jni/app-android.cpp
+++ b/android/jni/app-android.cpp
@@ -1482,8 +1482,12 @@ std::vector<std::string> System_GetCameraDeviceList() {
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < arrayListObjectLen; i++) {
 		jstring dev = static_cast<jstring>(getEnv()->CallObjectMethod(deviceListObject, arrayListGet, i));
-		const char* cdev = getEnv()->GetStringUTFChars(dev, nullptr);
-		deviceListVector.push_back(cdev);
+		const char *cdev = getEnv()->GetStringUTFChars(dev, nullptr);
+		if (!cdev) {
+			getEnv()->DeleteLocalRef(dev);
+			continue;
+		}
+		deviceListVector.push_back(std::string(cdev));
 		getEnv()->ReleaseStringUTFChars(dev, cdev);
 		getEnv()->DeleteLocalRef(dev);
 	}