diff --git a/src/plugins/buffer-monitor/gbp-buffer-monitor-buffer-addin.c b/src/plugins/buffer-monitor/gbp-buffer-monitor-buffer-addin.c
index 32a7eb96ebcac9a395ed54569acc5edcce6b39f5..72c86f1dd66fe12825abc9389ce908f251f6a600 100644
--- a/src/plugins/buffer-monitor/gbp-buffer-monitor-buffer-addin.c
+++ b/src/plugins/buffer-monitor/gbp-buffer-monitor-buffer-addin.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ gbp_buffer_monitor_buffer_addin_check_for_change (GbpBufferMonitorBufferAddin *s
   if (!self->mtime_set)
     return;
 
-  if (g_file_info_has_attribute (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED))
+  if (info != NULL && g_file_info_has_attribute (info, G_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TIME_MODIFIED))
     {
       g_autoptr(GDateTime) mtime = g_file_info_get_modification_date_time (info);