diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.c b/libavutil/vulkan.c
index 52b42cdc32..7650e83d1d 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.c
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ int ff_vk_exec_add_dep_buf(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,
     e->buf_deps = dst;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < nb_deps; i++) {
+        if (!deps[i])
+            continue;
+
         e->buf_deps[e->nb_buf_deps] = ref ? av_buffer_ref(deps[i]) : deps[i];
         if (!e->buf_deps[e->nb_buf_deps]) {
             ff_vk_exec_discard_deps(s, e);