diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 31305f18..73a59691 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Other Changes:
 - InputText: Fixed an edge case crash that would happen if another widget sharing the same ID
   is being swapped with an InputText that has yet to be activated.
 - TabBar: Fixed a crash when using BeginTabBar() recursively (didn't affect docking). (#2371)
+- TabBar: Added extra mis-usage error recovery. Past the assert, common mis-usage don't lead to
+  hard crashes any more, facilitating integration with scripting languages. (#1651)
 - Examples: OpenGL: Fix for OSX not supporting OpenGL 4.5, we don't try to read GL_CLIP_ORIGIN
   even if the OpenGL headers/loader happens to define the value. (#2366, #2186)
 
diff --git a/imgui_widgets.cpp b/imgui_widgets.cpp
index aaec4cb3..f49fa46d 100644
--- a/imgui_widgets.cpp
+++ b/imgui_widgets.cpp
@@ -5993,7 +5993,11 @@ void    ImGui::EndTabBar()
         return;
 
     ImGuiTabBar* tab_bar = g.CurrentTabBar;
-    IM_ASSERT(tab_bar != NULL && "Mismatched BeginTabBar()/EndTabBar()!");
+    if (tab_bar == NULL)
+    {
+        IM_ASSERT(tab_bar != NULL && "Mismatched BeginTabBar()/EndTabBar()!");
+        return; // FIXME-ERRORHANDLING
+    }
     if (tab_bar->WantLayout)
         TabBarLayout(tab_bar);
 
@@ -6376,7 +6380,11 @@ bool    ImGui::BeginTabItem(const char* label, bool* p_open, ImGuiTabItemFlags f
         return false;
 
     ImGuiTabBar* tab_bar = g.CurrentTabBar;
-    IM_ASSERT(tab_bar && "Needs to be called between BeginTabBar() and EndTabBar()!");
+    if (tab_bar == NULL)
+    {
+        IM_ASSERT(tab_bar && "Needs to be called between BeginTabBar() and EndTabBar()!");
+        return false; // FIXME-ERRORHANDLING
+    }
     bool ret = TabItemEx(tab_bar, label, p_open, flags);
     if (ret && !(flags & ImGuiTabItemFlags_NoPushId))
     {
@@ -6393,7 +6401,11 @@ void    ImGui::EndTabItem()
         return;
 
     ImGuiTabBar* tab_bar = g.CurrentTabBar;
-    IM_ASSERT(tab_bar != NULL && "Needs to be called between BeginTabBar() and EndTabBar()!");
+    if (tab_bar == NULL)
+    {
+        IM_ASSERT(tab_bar != NULL && "Needs to be called between BeginTabBar() and EndTabBar()!");
+        return;
+    }
     IM_ASSERT(tab_bar->LastTabItemIdx >= 0);
     ImGuiTabItem* tab = &tab_bar->Tabs[tab_bar->LastTabItemIdx];
     if (!(tab->Flags & ImGuiTabItemFlags_NoPushId))