diff --git a/src/runtime/vulkan/vulkan.cc b/src/runtime/vulkan/vulkan.cc
index ff1b82f930d73..b3a7609034ed4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/vulkan/vulkan.cc
+++ b/src/runtime/vulkan/vulkan.cc
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ class VulkanDeviceAPI final : public DeviceAPI {
     // finish all the vulkan commands that reference the buffer.
     StreamSync(ctx, nullptr);
 
+    if (ptr == nullptr) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     const auto& vctx = context(ctx.device_id);
     auto* pbuf = static_cast<VulkanBuffer*>(ptr);
     vkDestroyBuffer(vctx.device, pbuf->buffer, nullptr);