diff --git a/layersvt/screenshot/screenshot.cpp b/layersvt/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
index 950ba40838..e0a03da5dd 100644
--- a/layersvt/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
+++ b/layersvt/screenshot/screenshot.cpp
@@ -1868,9 +1868,11 @@ void onQueuePresentKHR(VkQueue queue, VkPresentInfoKHR& presentInfo) {
         return;
     }
 
-    if (std::atomic_load(&pauseCapture) && screenshotWriter->canControlPause()) {
-        // Wake up screenshot thread to check whether we should unpause screenshot recording
-        screenshotQueuedCV.notify_one();
+    if (std::atomic_load(&pauseCapture)) {
+        if (screenshotWriter && screenshotWriter->canControlPause()) {
+            // Wake up screenshot thread to check whether we should unpause screenshot recording
+            screenshotQueuedCV.notify_one();
+        }
         return;
     }
     if (presentInfo.swapchainCount == 0) {