diff --git a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
index 9f6ed1e5..15eb9f01 100644
--- a/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
+++ b/core/iwasm/common/wasm_c_api.c
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ wasm_trap_new_internal(wasm_store_t *store,
     }
 
     /* fill in message */
-    if (strlen(error_info) > 0) {
+    if (error_info && strlen(error_info) > 0) {
         if (!(trap->message = malloc_internal(sizeof(wasm_byte_vec_t)))) {
             goto failed;
         }
diff --git a/language-bindings/python/wasm-c-api/tests/test_basic.py b/language-bindings/python/wasm-c-api/tests/test_basic.py
index 632ad512..a2d3f285 100644
--- a/language-bindings/python/wasm-c-api/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/language-bindings/python/wasm-c-api/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -1183,9 +1183,10 @@ class BasicTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
             self._wasm_store, module, imports, create_null_pointer(wasm_trap_t)
         )
 
-        wasm_instance_delete(instance)
         wasm_module_delete(module)
 
+        self.assertIsNullPointer(instance)
+
     def test_wasm_instance_new_pos(self):
         binary = load_module_file(MODULE_BINARY)
         module = wasm_module_new(self._wasm_store, binary)
@@ -1227,9 +1228,10 @@ class BasicTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
             create_null_pointer(wasm_trap_t),
         )
 
-        wasm_instance_delete(instance)
         wasm_module_delete(module)
 
+        self.assertIsNullPointer(instance)
+
     # test those APIs in advanced:
     # wasm_instance_delete
     # wasm_instance_exports