diff --git a/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c b/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
index 0543bc4..f176a00 100644
--- a/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
+++ b/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@ error:
 LIBEVDEV_EXPORT void
 libevdev_uinput_destroy(struct libevdev_uinput *uinput_dev)
 {
+	if (!uinput_dev)
+		return;
+
 	ioctl(uinput_dev->fd, UI_DEV_DESTROY, NULL);
 	if (uinput_dev->fd_is_managed)
 		close(uinput_dev->fd);