diff --git a/libswscale/swscale.c b/libswscale/swscale.c
index 5312016927..1945e1dc9b 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale.c
@@ -784,6 +784,8 @@ static int check_image_pointers(const uint8_t * const data[4], enum AVPixelForma
     const AVPixFmtDescriptor *desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_get(pix_fmt);
     int i;
 
+    av_assert2(desc);
+
     for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
         int plane = desc->comp[i].plane;
         if (!data[plane] || !linesizes[plane])
diff --git a/libswscale/utils.c b/libswscale/utils.c
index f9f4ec6cb7..0c78d7515b 100644
--- a/libswscale/utils.c
+++ b/libswscale/utils.c
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ av_cold int sws_init_context(SwsContext *c, SwsFilter *srcFilter,
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);
     }
     }
+    av_assert2(desc_src && desc_dst);
 
     i = flags & (SWS_POINT         |
                  SWS_AREA          |