diff --git a/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/app_icon_image_provider.dart b/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/app_icon_image_provider.dart
index a1a1ff3a4..06d21092c 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/app_icon_image_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/app_icon_image_provider.dart
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@ class AppIconImage extends ImageProvider<AppIconImageKey> {
   Future<ui.Codec> _loadAsync(AppIconImageKey key, DecoderCallback decode) async {
     try {
       final bytes = await AndroidAppService.getAppIcon(key.packageName, key.size);
-      if (bytes == null) return null;
+      if (bytes == null) {
+        throw StateError('$packageName app icon loading failed');
+      }
       return await decode(bytes);
     } catch (error) {
       debugPrint('$runtimeType _loadAsync failed with packageName=$packageName, error=$error');
-      return null;
+      throw StateError('$packageName app icon decoding failed');
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/thumbnail_provider.dart b/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/thumbnail_provider.dart
index 328b37f42..ff99e6031 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/thumbnail_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/thumbnail_provider.dart
@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ class ThumbnailProvider extends ImageProvider<ThumbnailProviderKey> {
   Future<ui.Codec> _loadAsync(ThumbnailProviderKey key, DecoderCallback decode) async {
     try {
       final bytes = await ImageFileService.getThumbnail(key.entry, extent, extent, taskKey: _cancellationKey);
-      if (bytes == null) return null;
+      if (bytes == null) {
+        throw StateError('${entry.uri} (${entry.mimeType}) loading failed');
+      }
       return await decode(bytes);
     } catch (error) {
       debugPrint('$runtimeType _loadAsync failed with path=${entry.path}, error=$error');
-      return null;
+      throw StateError('${entry.mimeType} decoding failed');
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/uri_image_provider.dart b/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/uri_image_provider.dart
index afd08b802..79e02276b 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/uri_image_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/common/image_providers/uri_image_provider.dart
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ class UriImage extends ImageProvider<UriImage> {
           ));
         },
       );
-      if (bytes == null) return null;
+      if (bytes == null) {
+        throw StateError('$uri ($mimeType) loading failed');
+      }
       return await decode(bytes);
     } catch (error) {
       debugPrint('$runtimeType _loadAsync failed with mimeType=$mimeType, uri=$uri, error=$error');
-      return null;
+      throw StateError('$mimeType decoding failed');
     } finally {
       unawaited(chunkEvents.close());
     }