diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
index 8bc72471a2169..ba0d90455990c 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
@@ -2695,6 +2695,12 @@ private void updateRecursively(
         if (globalTransform == null) {
           globalTransform = new float[16];
         }
+        if (transform == null) {
+          if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+            throw new AssertionError("transform has not been initialized");
+          }
+          transform = new float[16];
+        }
         Matrix.multiplyMM(globalTransform, 0, ancestorTransform, 0, transform, 0);
 
         final float[] sample = new float[4];