diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/remote/RemoteDrawingEngine.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/remote/RemoteDrawingEngine.cpp
index 92442b0dd3..a1cb44143d 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/remote/RemoteDrawingEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/interface/remote/RemoteDrawingEngine.cpp
@@ -1094,14 +1094,18 @@ RemoteDrawingEngine::_ExtractBitmapRegions(ServerBitmap& bitmap, uint32 options,
 			bitmaps[i] = new(std::nothrow) UtilityBitmap(
 				BRect(0, 0, targetWidth - 1, targetHeight - 1),
 				bitmap.ColorSpace(), 0);
-			if (bitmaps[i] == NULL)
+			if (bitmaps[i] == NULL) {
 				result = B_NO_MEMORY;
-
-			result = bitmaps[i]->ImportBits(bitmap.Bits(), bitmap.BitsLength(),
-				bitmap.BytesPerRow(), bitmap.ColorSpace(), sourceRect.LeftTop(),
-				BPoint(0, 0), targetWidth, targetHeight);
-			if (result != B_OK)
-				delete bitmaps[i];
+			} else {
+				result = bitmaps[i]->ImportBits(bitmap.Bits(),
+						bitmap.BitsLength(), bitmap.BytesPerRow(),
+						bitmap.ColorSpace(), sourceRect.LeftTop(),
+						BPoint(0, 0), targetWidth, targetHeight);
+				if (result != B_OK) {
+					delete bitmaps[i];
+					bitmaps[i] = NULL;
+				}
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (result != B_OK) {