diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/blob/FileReaderModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/blob/FileReaderModule.java
index e5247907f4c..90911a2884d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/blob/FileReaderModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/blob/FileReaderModule.java
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public class FileReaderModule extends NativeFileReaderModuleSpec {
       promise.reject(
           new IllegalStateException("Could not get BlobModule from ReactApplicationContext"));
       return;
+    } else if (blob == null) {
+      promise.reject(ERROR_INVALID_BLOB, "The specified blob is null");
+      return;
     }
 
     byte[] bytes =
@@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ public class FileReaderModule extends NativeFileReaderModuleSpec {
       promise.reject(
           new IllegalStateException("Could not get BlobModule from ReactApplicationContext"));
       return;
+    } else if (blob == null) {
+      promise.reject(ERROR_INVALID_BLOB, "The specified blob is null");
+      return;
     }
 
     byte[] bytes =