diff --git a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_cmd_buffer.c b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_cmd_buffer.c
index e36ad2c6959..0fe7c2a6e32 100644
--- a/src/amd/vulkan/radv_cmd_buffer.c
+++ b/src/amd/vulkan/radv_cmd_buffer.c
@@ -4880,7 +4880,7 @@ radv_write_vertex_descriptors(const struct radv_cmd_buffer *cmd_buffer, const st
              * attrib_offset/stride and decrease the offset by attrib_offset%stride. This is
              * only allowed with static strides.
              */
-            num_records += pipeline->attrib_index_offset[i];
+            num_records += pipeline ? pipeline->attrib_index_offset[i] : 0;
          }
 
          /* GFX10 uses OOB_SELECT_RAW if stride==0, so convert num_records from elements into