diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/BUILD b/mediapipe/gpu/BUILD
index e7c65b7c6..ee32b91e2 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/BUILD
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/BUILD
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ cc_library(
         "//mediapipe/framework/formats:image_frame",
         "//mediapipe/framework/port:logging",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/functional:bind_front",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/log:check",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/synchronization",
     ] + select({
diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/gl_texture_buffer.cc b/mediapipe/gpu/gl_texture_buffer.cc
index f1497f741..4e5ce4ee4 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/gl_texture_buffer.cc
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/gl_texture_buffer.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ std::unique_ptr<GlTextureBuffer> GlTextureBuffer::Create(int width, int height,
   auto buf = absl::make_unique<GlTextureBuffer>(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, width, height,
                                                 format, nullptr);
   if (!buf->CreateInternal(data, alignment)) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Failed to create a GL texture";
     return nullptr;
   }
   return buf;
@@ -106,7 +107,10 @@ GlTextureBuffer::GlTextureBuffer(GLenum target, GLuint name, int width,
 
 bool GlTextureBuffer::CreateInternal(const void* data, int alignment) {
   auto context = GlContext::GetCurrent();
-  if (!context) return false;
+  if (!context) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Cannot create a GL texture without a valid context";
+    return false;
+  }
 
   producer_context_ = context;  // Save creation GL context.
 
diff --git a/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer.h b/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer.h
index b9a88aa53..93eb1460e 100644
--- a/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer.h
+++ b/mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "absl/log/check.h"
 #include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
 #include "mediapipe/framework/formats/image_frame.h"
 #include "mediapipe/gpu/gpu_buffer_format.h"
@@ -72,8 +73,10 @@ class GpuBuffer {
   // are not portable. Applications and calculators should normally obtain
   // GpuBuffers in a portable way from the framework, e.g. using
   // GpuBufferMultiPool.
-  explicit GpuBuffer(std::shared_ptr<internal::GpuBufferStorage> storage)
-      : holder_(std::make_shared<StorageHolder>(std::move(storage))) {}
+  explicit GpuBuffer(std::shared_ptr<internal::GpuBufferStorage> storage) {
+    CHECK(storage) << "Cannot construct GpuBuffer with null storage";
+    holder_ = std::make_shared<StorageHolder>(std::move(storage));
+  }
 
 #if !MEDIAPIPE_DISABLE_GPU && MEDIAPIPE_GPU_BUFFER_USE_CV_PIXEL_BUFFER
   // This is used to support backward-compatible construction of GpuBuffer from