Should I make sure arguments aren't null before using them in a function?

Public Shared Function GenerateHash(ByVal FilePath As IO.FileInfo) As String
        If (FilePath Is Nothing) Then
            Throw New ArgumentNullException("FilePath")
        End If

        Dim _sha As New Security.Cryptography.MD5CryptoServiceProvider
        Dim _Hash = Convert.ToBase64String(_sha.ComputeHash(New IO.FileStream(FilePath.FullName, IO.FileMode.Open, IO.FileAccess.Read)))
        Return _Hash
    End Function