diff --git a/impeller/renderer/backend/vulkan/render_pass_vk.cc b/impeller/renderer/backend/vulkan/render_pass_vk.cc
index 914106cdea6dc..c229ff361e89a 100644
--- a/impeller/renderer/backend/vulkan/render_pass_vk.cc
+++ b/impeller/renderer/backend/vulkan/render_pass_vk.cc
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ void RenderPassVK::SetInstanceCount(size_t count) {
 // |RenderPass|
 bool RenderPassVK::SetVertexBuffer(VertexBuffer buffer) {
   vertex_count_ = buffer.vertex_count;
-  if (buffer.index_type == IndexType::kUnknown) {
+  if (buffer.index_type == IndexType::kUnknown || !buffer.vertex_buffer) {
     return false;
   }