diff --git a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
index 5271826015..c58ddbd71e 100644
--- a/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opengl/qopengltexture.cpp
@@ -3050,6 +3050,12 @@ void QOpenGLTexture::setData(const QImage& image, MipMapGeneration genMipMaps)
         qWarning("QOpenGLTexture::setData() requires a valid current context");
         return;
     }
+
+    if (image.isNull()) {
+        qWarning("QOpenGLTexture::setData() tried to set a null image");
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (context->isOpenGLES() && context->format().majorVersion() < 3)
         setFormat(QOpenGLTexture::RGBAFormat);
     else
diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/tst_qopengl.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/tst_qopengl.cpp
index 8c6c28b492..3e66bcbf70 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/tst_qopengl.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/qopengl/tst_qopengl.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLVertexArrayObject>
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLBuffer>
 #include <QtGui/QOpenGLPaintDevice>
+#include <QtGui/QOpenGLTexture>
 #include <QtGui/QPainter>
 #include <QtGui/QScreen>
 #include <QtGui/QWindow>
@@ -97,8 +98,8 @@ private slots:
     void textureblitterFullTargetRectTransform();
     void textureblitterPartTargetRectTransform();
     void defaultSurfaceFormat();
-
     void imageFormatPainting();
+    void nullTextureInitializtion();
 
 #ifdef USE_GLX
     void glxContextWrap();
@@ -1367,6 +1368,18 @@ void tst_QOpenGL::bufferMapRange()
     ctx->doneCurrent();
 }
 
+void tst_QOpenGL::nullTextureInitializtion()
+{
+    QScopedPointer<QSurface> surface(createSurface(QSurface::Window));
+    QOpenGLContext ctx;
+    ctx.create();
+    ctx.makeCurrent(surface.data());
+
+    QImage i;
+    QOpenGLTexture t(i);
+    QVERIFY(!t.isCreated());
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QOpenGL)
 
 #include "tst_qopengl.moc"