diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index 62ef7bb8a..6c60ac0dc 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -3384,10 +3384,10 @@ static void ggml_vk_queue_command_pools_cleanup(vk_device& device) {
     // Arbitrary frequency to cleanup/reuse command buffers
     static constexpr uint32_t cleanup_frequency = 10;
 
-    if (device->compute_queue->cmd_pool.buffers_in_use() >= cleanup_frequency) {
+    if (device->compute_queue && device->compute_queue->cmd_pool.buffers_in_use() >= cleanup_frequency) {
         ggml_vk_command_pool_cleanup(device, device->compute_queue->cmd_pool);
     }
-    if (device->transfer_queue->cmd_pool.buffers_in_use() >= cleanup_frequency) {
+    if (device->transfer_queue && device->transfer_queue->cmd_pool.buffers_in_use() >= cleanup_frequency) {
         ggml_vk_command_pool_cleanup(device, device->transfer_queue->cmd_pool);
     }
 }