diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_buffer.h b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_buffer.h
index 9350cffe39a..d9b7330da85 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_buffer.h
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_buffer.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static inline VkDeviceAddress
 vk_buffer_address(const struct vk_buffer *buffer,
                   VkDeviceSize offset)
 {
-   assert(buffer->device_address != 0);
+   assert(buffer->size == 0 || buffer->device_address != 0);
    return buffer->device_address + offset;
 }