diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
index 9650512b9..c589a294f 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ impl VideoFrame<Readable> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrame<Readable>, gst::Buffer> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map(
@@ -256,6 +258,8 @@ impl VideoFrame<Readable> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrame<Readable>, gst::Buffer> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map_id(
@@ -289,6 +293,8 @@ impl VideoFrame<Writable> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrame<Writable>, gst::Buffer> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map(
@@ -322,6 +328,8 @@ impl VideoFrame<Writable> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrame<Writable>, gst::Buffer> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map_id(
@@ -566,6 +574,8 @@ impl<'a> VideoFrameRef<&'a gst::BufferRef> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrameRef<&'a gst::BufferRef>, glib::BoolError> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map(
@@ -597,6 +607,8 @@ impl<'a> VideoFrameRef<&'a gst::BufferRef> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrameRef<&'a gst::BufferRef>, glib::BoolError> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map_id(
@@ -648,6 +660,8 @@ impl<'a> VideoFrameRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrameRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef>, glib::BoolError> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map(
@@ -681,6 +695,8 @@ impl<'a> VideoFrameRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef> {
     ) -> Result<VideoFrameRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef>, glib::BoolError> {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
 
+        assert!(info.is_valid());
+
         unsafe {
             let mut frame = mem::MaybeUninit::zeroed();
             let res: bool = from_glib(gst_video_sys::gst_video_frame_map_id(