prevent null ptr dereference

[devotip]

Purpose

• prevents null pointer dereference on error handling

Does this introduce a breaking change?

[ ] Yes
[X] No

Pull Request Type

What kind of change does this Pull Request introduce? fix

[X] Bugfix
[ ] Feature
[ ] Code style update (formatting, local variables)
[ ] Refactoring (no functional changes, no api changes)
[ ] Documentation content changes
[ ] Other... Please describe:

How to Test

• Get the code

git clone [repo-address]
cd [repo-name]
git checkout [branch-name]
npm install

• Test the code

What to Check

Verify that the following are valid

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Other Information

[devotip]

@microsoft-github-policy-service agree

[RLeclair]

Thank you so much for your contribution, we'll close this PR for now. If you would like to follow-up please free to re-open it.