diff --git a/app/src/scrcpy.c b/app/src/scrcpy.c
index ea71d4a1..d2e35bb2 100644
--- a/app/src/scrcpy.c
+++ b/app/src/scrcpy.c
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ BOOL WINAPI windows_ctrl_handler(DWORD ctrl_type) {
     if (ctrl_type == CTRL_C_EVENT) {
         SDL_Event event;
         event.type = SDL_QUIT;
-        SDL_PushEvent(&event);
+        int ret = SDL_PushEvent(&event);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            LOGW("Could not post SDL_QUIT event: %s", SDL_GetError());
+        }
         return TRUE;
     }
     return FALSE;
@@ -250,7 +253,11 @@ stream_on_eos(struct stream *stream, void *userdata) {
 
     SDL_Event stop_event;
     stop_event.type = EVENT_STREAM_STOPPED;
-    SDL_PushEvent(&stop_event);
+    int ret = SDL_PushEvent(&stop_event);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        LOGE("Could not post stream stopped event: %s", SDL_GetError());
+        // XXX What could we do?
+    }
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/app/src/screen.c b/app/src/screen.c
index f82f5003..e2d15180 100644
--- a/app/src/screen.c
+++ b/app/src/screen.c
@@ -282,17 +282,33 @@ sc_video_buffer_on_new_frame(struct sc_video_buffer *vb, bool previous_skipped,
     (void) vb;
     struct screen *screen = userdata;
 
+    // event_failed implies previous_skipped (the previous frame may not have
+    // been consumed if the event was not sent)
+    assert(!screen->event_failed || previous_skipped);
+
+    bool need_new_event;
     if (previous_skipped) {
         fps_counter_add_skipped_frame(&screen->fps_counter);
         // The EVENT_NEW_FRAME triggered for the previous frame will consume
-        // this new frame instead
+        // this new frame instead, unless the previous event failed
+        need_new_event = screen->event_failed;
     } else {
+        need_new_event = true;
+    }
+
+    if (need_new_event) {
         static SDL_Event new_frame_event = {
             .type = EVENT_NEW_FRAME,
         };
 
         // Post the event on the UI thread
-        SDL_PushEvent(&new_frame_event);
+        int ret = SDL_PushEvent(&new_frame_event);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            LOGW("Could not post new frame event: %s", SDL_GetError());
+            screen->event_failed = true;
+        } else {
+            screen->event_failed = false;
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -302,6 +318,7 @@ screen_init(struct screen *screen, const struct screen_params *params) {
     screen->has_frame = false;
     screen->fullscreen = false;
     screen->maximized = false;
+    screen->event_failed = false;
 
     static const struct sc_video_buffer_callbacks cbs = {
         .on_new_frame = sc_video_buffer_on_new_frame,
diff --git a/app/src/screen.h b/app/src/screen.h
index 0804e50e..51946dbb 100644
--- a/app/src/screen.h
+++ b/app/src/screen.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ struct screen {
     bool maximized;
     bool mipmaps;
 
+    bool event_failed; // in case SDL_PushEvent() returned an error
+
     AVFrame *frame;
 };