diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp
index 79fa51a504..bce1ad674e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ void Renderer::UpdateUtilityVertexBuffer(const void* vertices, u32 vertex_stride
 void Renderer::SetPipeline(const AbstractPipeline* pipeline)
 {
   const DXPipeline* dx_pipeline = static_cast<const DXPipeline*>(pipeline);
+  if (!dx_pipeline)
+    return;
 
   D3D::stateman->SetRasterizerState(dx_pipeline->GetRasterizerState());
   D3D::stateman->SetDepthState(dx_pipeline->GetDepthState());
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
index e7c15782ec..ae9e45db99 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
@@ -1622,6 +1622,9 @@ void Renderer::SetPipeline(const AbstractPipeline* pipeline)
   // Not all shader changes currently go through SetPipeline, so we can't
   // test if the pipeline hasn't changed and skip these applications. Yet.
   m_graphics_pipeline = static_cast<const OGLPipeline*>(pipeline);
+  if (!m_graphics_pipeline)
+    return;
+
   ApplyRasterizationState(m_graphics_pipeline->GetRasterizationState());
   ApplyDepthState(m_graphics_pipeline->GetDepthState());
   ApplyBlendingState(m_graphics_pipeline->GetBlendingState());