diff --git a/widget/src/gtk2/nsWindow.cpp b/widget/src/gtk2/nsWindow.cpp
index de308ac6b11..6abae1d4b79 100644
--- a/widget/src/gtk2/nsWindow.cpp
+++ b/widget/src/gtk2/nsWindow.cpp
@@ -3580,8 +3580,9 @@ nsWindow::SetUrgencyHint(GtkWidget *top_window, PRBool state)
         (*_gdk_window_set_urgency_hint)(top_window->window, state);
     else if (state)
         gdk_window_show_unraised(top_window->window);
-    
-    PR_UnloadLibrary(lib);
+
+    if (lib)
+        PR_UnloadLibrary(lib);
 }
 
 void *