diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index a7a3f208..38b4c3d9 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ struct vk_device_struct {
     bool multi_add;
     bool shader_int64;
     bool buffer_device_address;
+    // Not needed for Vulkan 1.2+ where it's a core function
+    PFN_vkGetBufferDeviceAddressKHR pfn_vkGetBufferDeviceAddress = nullptr;
     bool vulkan_memory_model;
 
     bool add_rms_fusion;
@@ -2585,8 +2587,13 @@ static vk_buffer ggml_vk_create_buffer(vk_device& device, size_t size, const std
     buf->size = size;
 
     if (device->buffer_device_address) {
-        const vk::BufferDeviceAddressInfo addressInfo(buf->buffer);
-        buf->bda_addr = device->device.getBufferAddress(addressInfo);
+        if (device->pfn_vkGetBufferDeviceAddress){
+            vk::BufferDeviceAddressInfo addressInfo(buf->buffer);
+            buf->bda_addr = device->pfn_vkGetBufferDeviceAddress(device->device, &static_cast<VkBufferDeviceAddressInfo &>(addressInfo));
+        } else {
+            const vk::BufferDeviceAddressInfo addressInfo(buf->buffer);
+            buf->bda_addr = device->device.getBufferAddress(addressInfo);
+        }
     }
 
     device->memory_logger->log_allocation(buf, size);
@@ -5268,6 +5275,15 @@ static vk_device ggml_vk_get_device(size_t idx) {
         device_create_info.setPNext(&device_features2);
         device->device = device->physical_device.createDevice(device_create_info);
 
+        if (!device_is_vulkan_12 && device->buffer_device_address) {
+            device->pfn_vkGetBufferDeviceAddress = (PFN_vkGetBufferDeviceAddressKHR)
+                vkGetDeviceProcAddr(device->device, "vkGetBufferDeviceAddressKHR");
+
+            if (!device->pfn_vkGetBufferDeviceAddress) {
+                throw std::runtime_error("Failed to load vkGetBufferDeviceAddressKHR");
+            }
+        }
+
         // Queues
         ggml_vk_create_queue(device, device->compute_queue, compute_queue_family_index, 0, { vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eComputeShader | vk::PipelineStageFlagBits::eTransfer }, false);