PVS-Studio warning V595 for TinyCAD

bool CDrawMetaFile::setImageFile(const TCHAR *filename)
{
  CImage *i = NULL;

  ....

  // Read in the buffer
  i->SetCompressedData(buffer, bytes);

  if (i != NULL)
  {
    m_metafile = m_pDesign->GetOptions()->AddMetaFile(i);
  }

  return i != NULL;
}

This suspicious code was found in TinyCAD project by PVS-Studio static code analyzer.
Warning message is:
V595 The 'i' pointer was utilized before it was verified against nullptr. Check lines: 142, 144. drawmetafile.cpp 142

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