diff --git a/runtime/context/context.inl b/runtime/context/context.inl
index 362d94a8e4..094c5fb61e 100644
--- a/runtime/context/context.inl
+++ b/runtime/context/context.inl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace OCLRT {
 
 template <typename Sharing>
 void Context::registerSharing(Sharing *sharing) {
+    UNRECOVERABLE_IF(!sharing);
     this->sharingFunctions[Sharing::sharingId].reset(sharing);
 }
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/context/context_tests.cpp b/unit_tests/context/context_tests.cpp
index d2bf99ab58..5390e3d7f9 100644
--- a/unit_tests/context/context_tests.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/context/context_tests.cpp
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ TEST_F(ContextTest, givenContextWhenSharingTableEmptyThenReturnsNullptr) {
     EXPECT_EQ(sharingF, nullptr);
 }
 
+TEST_F(ContextTest, givenNullptrWhenRegisteringSharingToContextThenAbortExecution) {
+    MockContext context;
+    context.clearSharingFunctions();
+    EXPECT_THROW(context.registerSharing<MockSharingFunctions>(nullptr), std::exception);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ContextTest, givenContextWhenSharingTableIsNotEmptyThenReturnsSharingFunctionPointer) {
     MockContext context;
     MockSharingFunctions *sharingFunctions = new MockSharingFunctions;