diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c
index a946f759561..da3e0da77dc 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.c
@@ -32,6 +32,21 @@
 
 #include "util/mesa-sha1.h"
 
+bool
+vk_pipeline_shader_stage_is_null(const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo *info)
+{
+   if (info->module != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
+      return false;
+
+   vk_foreach_struct_const(ext, info->pNext) {
+      if (ext->sType == VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_SHADER_MODULE_CREATE_INFO ||
+          ext->sType == VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_SHADER_STAGE_MODULE_IDENTIFIER_CREATE_INFO_EXT)
+         return false;
+   }
+
+   return true;
+}
+
 static uint32_t
 get_required_subgroup_size(const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo *info)
 {
diff --git a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.h b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.h
index a5bff1d55e8..e4ead1a2bf5 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.h
+++ b/src/vulkan/runtime/vk_pipeline.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 #include "vulkan/vulkan_core.h"
 
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
 struct nir_shader;
 struct nir_shader_compiler_options;
 struct spirv_to_nir_options;
@@ -35,6 +37,9 @@ struct vk_device;
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+bool
+vk_pipeline_shader_stage_is_null(const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo *info);
+
 VkResult
 vk_pipeline_shader_stage_to_nir(struct vk_device *device,
                                 const VkPipelineShaderStageCreateInfo *info,