diff --git a/src/pulsecore/sink-input.c b/src/pulsecore/sink-input.c
index f9c176617..e4671dc81 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/sink-input.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/sink-input.c
@@ -781,7 +781,8 @@ static void sink_input_free(pa_object *o) {
     if (PA_SINK_INPUT_IS_LINKED(i->state))
         pa_sink_input_unlink(i);
 
-    pa_log_info("Freeing input %u \"%s\"", i->index, pa_strnull(pa_proplist_gets(i->proplist, PA_PROP_MEDIA_NAME)));
+    pa_log_info("Freeing input %u \"%s\"", i->index,
+                i->proplist ? pa_strnull(pa_proplist_gets(i->proplist, PA_PROP_MEDIA_NAME)) : "");
 
     /* Side note: this function must be able to destruct properly any
      * kind of sink input in any state, even those which are
diff --git a/src/pulsecore/source-output.c b/src/pulsecore/source-output.c
index 2de6e51eb..41bdc5af4 100644
--- a/src/pulsecore/source-output.c
+++ b/src/pulsecore/source-output.c
@@ -667,7 +667,8 @@ static void source_output_free(pa_object* mo) {
     if (PA_SOURCE_OUTPUT_IS_LINKED(o->state))
         pa_source_output_unlink(o);
 
-    pa_log_info("Freeing output %u \"%s\"", o->index, pa_strnull(pa_proplist_gets(o->proplist, PA_PROP_MEDIA_NAME)));
+    pa_log_info("Freeing output %u \"%s\"", o->index,
+                o->proplist ? pa_strnull(pa_proplist_gets(o->proplist, PA_PROP_MEDIA_NAME)) : "");
 
     if (o->node)
         pa_node_free(o->node);