diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js
index 33558a9c51..273f22d49f 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js
@@ -79,15 +79,16 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
   var hints = frameState.viewHints;
 
   if (!hints[ol.ViewHint.ANIMATING] && !hints[ol.ViewHint.PANNING]) {
-    image = imageSource.getImage(
-        frameState.extent, viewResolution);
-    var imageState = image.getState();
-    if (imageState == ol.ImageState.IDLE) {
-      goog.events.listenOnce(image, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
-          this.handleImageChange, false, this);
-      image.load();
-    } else if (imageState == ol.ImageState.LOADED) {
-      this.image_ = image;
+    image = imageSource.getImage(frameState.extent, viewResolution);
+    if (!goog.isNull(image)) {
+      var imageState = image.getState();
+      if (imageState == ol.ImageState.IDLE) {
+        goog.events.listenOnce(image, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
+            this.handleImageChange, false, this);
+        image.load();
+      } else if (imageState == ol.ImageState.LOADED) {
+        this.image_ = image;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/dom/domimagelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/dom/domimagelayerrenderer.js
index 1e32a94775..b3f5f9f224 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/dom/domimagelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/dom/domimagelayerrenderer.js
@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@ ol.renderer.dom.ImageLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
 
   if (!hints[ol.ViewHint.ANIMATING] && !hints[ol.ViewHint.PANNING]) {
     var image_ = imageSource.getImage(frameState.extent, viewResolution);
-    var imageState = image_.getState();
-    if (imageState == ol.ImageState.IDLE) {
-      goog.events.listenOnce(image_, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
-          this.handleImageChange, false, this);
-      image_.load();
-    } else if (imageState == ol.ImageState.LOADED) {
-      image = image_;
+    if (!goog.isNull(image_)) {
+      var imageState = image_.getState();
+      if (imageState == ol.ImageState.IDLE) {
+        goog.events.listenOnce(image_, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
+            this.handleImageChange, false, this);
+        image_.load();
+      } else if (imageState == ol.ImageState.LOADED) {
+        image = image_;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js
index 7d11ff53e5..6449a7c178 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/webgl/webglimagelayerrenderer.js
@@ -161,21 +161,23 @@ ol.renderer.webgl.ImageLayer.prototype.renderFrame =
 
   if (!hints[ol.ViewHint.ANIMATING] && !hints[ol.ViewHint.PANNING]) {
     var image_ = imageSource.getImage(frameState.extent, viewResolution);
-    var imageState = image_.getState();
-    if (imageState == ol.ImageState.IDLE) {
-      goog.events.listenOnce(image_, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
-          this.handleImageChange, false, this);
-      image_.load();
-    } else if (imageState == ol.ImageState.LOADED) {
-      image = image_;
-      texture = this.createTexture_(image_);
-      if (!goog.isNull(this.texture_)) {
-        frameState.postRenderFunctions.push(
-            goog.partial(function(gl, texture) {
-              if (!gl.isContextLost()) {
-                gl.deleteTexture(texture);
-              }
-            }, gl, this.texture_));
+    if (!goog.isNull(image_)) {
+      var imageState = image_.getState();
+      if (imageState == ol.ImageState.IDLE) {
+        goog.events.listenOnce(image_, goog.events.EventType.CHANGE,
+            this.handleImageChange, false, this);
+        image_.load();
+      } else if (imageState == ol.ImageState.LOADED) {
+        image = image_;
+        texture = this.createTexture_(image_);
+        if (!goog.isNull(this.texture_)) {
+          frameState.postRenderFunctions.push(
+              goog.partial(function(gl, texture) {
+                if (!gl.isContextLost()) {
+                  gl.deleteTexture(texture);
+                }
+              }, gl, this.texture_));
+        }
       }
     }
   }