diff --git a/src/gui/platform/darwin/qappleiconengine.mm b/src/gui/platform/darwin/qappleiconengine.mm
index 7e0ed184dca..4dd8e42124e 100644
--- a/src/gui/platform/darwin/qappleiconengine.mm
+++ b/src/gui/platform/darwin/qappleiconengine.mm
@@ -408,9 +408,11 @@ QPixmap QAppleIconEngine::scaledPixmap(const QSize &size, QIcon::Mode mode, QIco
         m_pixmap.setDevicePixelRatio(scale);
         m_pixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
 
-        QPainter painter(&m_pixmap);
-        paint(&painter, QRect(paintOffset.width(), paintOffset.height(),
-                              paintSize.width(), paintSize.height()), mode, state);
+        if (!m_pixmap.isNull()) {
+            QPainter painter(&m_pixmap);
+            paint(&painter, QRect(paintOffset.width(), paintOffset.height(),
+                                paintSize.width(), paintSize.height()), mode, state);
+        }
 
         m_cacheKey = cacheKey;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformiconengine.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformiconengine.cpp
index a88696886dd..ff96e8fc00d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformiconengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/android/qandroidplatformiconengine.cpp
@@ -572,8 +572,10 @@ QPixmap QAndroidPlatformIconEngine::scaledPixmap(const QSize &size, QIcon::Mode
         m_pixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
         m_pixmap.setDevicePixelRatio(scale);
 
-        QPainter painter(&m_pixmap);
-        paint(&painter, QRect(QPoint(), size), mode, state);
+        if (!m_pixmap.isNull()) {
+            QPainter painter(&m_pixmap);
+            paint(&painter, QRect(QPoint(), size), mode, state);
+        }
 
         m_cacheKey = cacheKey;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsiconengine.cpp b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsiconengine.cpp
index 5e5ca22ec18..95971fce952 100644
--- a/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsiconengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/platforms/windows/qwindowsiconengine.cpp
@@ -353,8 +353,10 @@ QPixmap QWindowsIconEngine::scaledPixmap(const QSize &size, QIcon::Mode mode, QI
         m_pixmap.fill(Qt::transparent);
         m_pixmap.setDevicePixelRatio(scale);
 
-        QPainter painter(&m_pixmap);
-        paint(&painter, QRect(QPoint(), size), mode, state);
+        if (!m_pixmap.isNull()) {
+            QPainter painter(&m_pixmap);
+            paint(&painter, QRect(QPoint(), size), mode, state);
+        }
 
         m_cacheKey = cacheKey;
     }