diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
index 2d35682fc43..f1dde309fa2 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/kernel.rs
@@ -803,7 +803,14 @@ fn convert_spirv_to_nir(
     assert!(attributes_string_set.len() == 1);
     let args = args_set.into_iter().next().unwrap();
     let internal_args = internal_args_set.into_iter().next().unwrap();
-    let attributes_string = attributes_string_set.into_iter().next().unwrap();
+
+    // spec: For kernels not created from OpenCL C source and the clCreateProgramWithSource API call
+    // the string returned from this query [CL_KERNEL_ATTRIBUTES] will be empty.
+    let attributes_string = if p.is_src() {
+        attributes_string_set.into_iter().next().unwrap()
+    } else {
+        String::new()
+    };
 
     (nirs, args, internal_args, attributes_string)
 }
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs
index 15c4a773d6a..42d2f8a8415 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/core/program.rs
@@ -591,4 +591,8 @@ impl Program {
     pub fn is_binary(&self) -> bool {
         self.src.to_bytes().is_empty() && self.il.is_empty()
     }
+
+    pub fn is_src(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.src.to_bytes().is_empty()
+    }
 }