diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPool.java b/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPool.java
index 6a8e0bba6c..0540e469e3 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPool.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPool.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public Bitmap get(int width, int height, Bitmap.Config config) {
       // contents individually, so we do so here. See issue #131.
       result.eraseColor(Color.TRANSPARENT);
     } else {
-      result = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, config);
+      result = createBitmap(width, height, config);
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -139,11 +139,16 @@ public Bitmap get(int width, int height, Bitmap.Config config) {
   public Bitmap getDirty(int width, int height, Bitmap.Config config) {
     Bitmap result = getDirtyOrNull(width, height, config);
     if (result == null) {
-      result = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, config);
+      result = createBitmap(width, height, config);
     }
     return result;
   }
 
+  @NonNull
+  private static Bitmap createBitmap(int width, int height, @Nullable Bitmap.Config config) {
+    return Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, config != null ? config : DEFAULT_CONFIG);
+  }
+
   @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
   private static void assertNotHardwareConfig(Bitmap.Config config) {
     // Avoid short circuiting on sdk int since it breaks on some versions of Android.
@@ -159,7 +164,8 @@ private static void assertNotHardwareConfig(Bitmap.Config config) {
   }
 
   @Nullable
-  private synchronized Bitmap getDirtyOrNull(int width, int height, Bitmap.Config config) {
+  private synchronized Bitmap getDirtyOrNull(
+      int width, int height, @Nullable Bitmap.Config config) {
     assertNotHardwareConfig(config);
     // Config will be null for non public config types, which can lead to transformations naively
     // passing in null as the requested config here. See issue #194.
diff --git a/library/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPoolTest.java b/library/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPoolTest.java
index 6ccc7a1682..0b452c214e 100644
--- a/library/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPoolTest.java
+++ b/library/src/test/java/com/bumptech/glide/load/engine/bitmap_recycle/LruBitmapPoolTest.java
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ public void testPassesArgb8888ToStrategyAsConfigForRequestsWithNullConfigsOnGetD
     assertEquals(expected, result);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void get_withNullConfig_andEmptyPool_returnsNewArgb8888Bitmap() {
+    Bitmap result = pool.get(100, 100, /*config=*/ null);
+    assertThat(result.getConfig()).isEqualTo(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getDirty_withNullConfig_andEmptyPool_returnsNewArgb8888Bitmap() {
+    Bitmap result = pool.getDirty(100, 100, /*config=*/ null);
+    assertThat(result.getConfig()).isEqualTo(Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
+  }
+
   private void testTrimMemory(int fillSize, int trimLevel, int expectedSize) {
     MockStrategy strategy = new MockStrategy();
     LruBitmapPool pool = new LruBitmapPool(MAX_SIZE, strategy, ALLOWED_CONFIGS);
@@ -240,7 +252,7 @@ public void put(Bitmap bitmap) {
 
     @Override
     public Bitmap get(int width, int height, Bitmap.Config config) {
-      return bitmaps.removeLast();
+      return bitmaps.isEmpty() ? null : bitmaps.removeLast();
     }
 
     @Override