diff --git a/src/amd/vpelib/src/core/geometric_scaling.c b/src/amd/vpelib/src/core/geometric_scaling.c
index 57a2c019f78..975ce51818f 100644
--- a/src/amd/vpelib/src/core/geometric_scaling.c
+++ b/src/amd/vpelib/src/core/geometric_scaling.c
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 void vpe_geometric_scaling_feature_skip(
     struct vpe_priv *vpe_priv, const struct vpe_build_param *param)
 {
-    if (param->streams && param->streams->flags.geometric_scaling) {
+    if ((param->num_streams > 0) && (param->streams != NULL) &&
+        (param->streams->flags.geometric_scaling != 0)) {
         /* copy input cs to output for skiping gamut and gamma conversion */
         vpe_priv->output_ctx.surface.cs.primaries = param->streams[0].surface_info.cs.primaries;
         vpe_priv->output_ctx.surface.cs.tf = param->streams[0].surface_info.cs.tf;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ void vpe_geometric_scaling_feature_skip(
         /* disable blending */
         vpe_priv->stream_ctx[0].stream.blend_info.blending = false;
     }
-
 }
 
 /*