diff --git a/src/NTwain/TwainSession.cs b/src/NTwain/TwainSession.cs
index cbae876..c2d7005 100644
--- a/src/NTwain/TwainSession.cs
+++ b/src/NTwain/TwainSession.cs
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ namespace NTwain
         public ReturnCode Close()
         {
             var rc = ReturnCode.Failure;
-            _msgLoopHook.Invoke(() =>
+            _msgLoopHook?.Invoke(() =>
             {
                 PlatformInfo.Current.Log.Debug("Thread {0}: CloseManager.", Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
 
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ namespace NTwain
                 {
                     PlatformInfo.InternalCurrent.MemoryManager = null;
                     _msgLoopHook.Stop();
+                    _msgLoopHook = null;
                 }
             });
             return rc;
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ namespace NTwain
             // success, the return status from DG_CONTROL / DAT_PENDINGXFERS / MSG_ENDXFER may
             // be ignored.
 
-            _msgLoopHook.Invoke(() =>
+            _msgLoopHook?.Invoke(() =>
             {
                 if (targetState < 7 && CurrentSource != null)
                 {
diff --git a/src/NTwain/TwainSessionInternal.cs b/src/NTwain/TwainSessionInternal.cs
index cf9ce1d..aba78d9 100644
--- a/src/NTwain/TwainSessionInternal.cs
+++ b/src/NTwain/TwainSessionInternal.cs
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace NTwain
             DisableReason = Message.Null;
             var rc = ReturnCode.Failure;
 
-            _msgLoopHook.Invoke(() =>
+            _msgLoopHook?.Invoke(() =>
             {
                 PlatformInfo.Current.Log.Debug("Thread {0}: EnableSource with {1}.", Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId, mode);
 
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ namespace NTwain
                 _disabling = true;
                 try
                 {
-                    _msgLoopHook.Invoke(() =>
+                    _msgLoopHook?.Invoke(() =>
                     {
                         PlatformInfo.Current.Log.Debug("Thread {0}: DisableSource.", Thread.CurrentThread.ManagedThreadId);
 
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ namespace NTwain
 
                 // In any event the trick to get this thing working is to return from the callback first
                 // before trying to process the msg or there will be unpredictable errors.
-                _msgLoopHook.BeginInvoke(() =>
+                _msgLoopHook?.BeginInvoke(() =>
                 {
                     HandleSourceMsg(msg);
                 });