diff --git a/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp b/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp
index 094865db94b11396042b54301ed39a22bd52336d..04856f7ea156e3f1d2f68ff7ccfac0910a98c675 100644
--- a/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp
+++ b/services/appmgr/src/app_mgr_service_inner.cpp
@@ -4209,7 +4209,8 @@ int32_t AppMgrServiceInner::StartProcess(const std::string &appName, const std::
         }
         SendCreateAtomicServiceProcessEvent(appRecord, bundleType, moduleName, abilityName);
         errCode = remoteClientManager_->GetCJSpawnClient()->StartProcess(startMsg, pid);
-    } else if (appInfo->arkTSMode == CODE_LANGUAGE_ARKTS_1_2 || appInfo->arkTSMode == CODE_LANGUAGE_ARKTS_HYBRID) {
+    } else if (appInfo != nullptr && 
+        (appInfo->arkTSMode == CODE_LANGUAGE_ARKTS_1_2 || appInfo->arkTSMode == CODE_LANGUAGE_ARKTS_HYBRID)) {
         SendCreateAtomicServiceProcessEvent(appRecord, bundleType, moduleName, abilityName);
         startMsg.gids.push_back(SHADER_CACHE_GROUPID);
         errCode = remoteClientManager_->GetHybridSpawnClient()->StartProcess(startMsg, pid);