diff --git a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
index fb92a7a7face..d16ff046bbc2 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/Vulkan/VulkanRenderManager.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ bool VKRGraphicsPipeline::Create(VulkanContext *vulkan, VkRenderPass compatibleR
 	// Seen in crash reports from PowerVR GE8320, presumably we failed creating some shader modules.
 	if (!desc->vertexShader || !desc->fragmentShader) {
 		ERROR_LOG(G3D, "Failed creating graphics pipeline - missing vs/fs shader module pointers!");
+		pipeline[(size_t)rpType]->Post(VK_NULL_HANDLE);
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -51,13 +52,13 @@ bool VKRGraphicsPipeline::Create(VulkanContext *vulkan, VkRenderPass compatibleR
 
 	if (!vs || !fs || (!gs && desc->geometryShader)) {
 		ERROR_LOG(G3D, "Failed creating graphics pipeline - missing shader modules");
-		// We're kinda screwed here?
+		pipeline[(size_t)rpType]->Post(VK_NULL_HANDLE);
 		return false;
 	}
 
 	if (!compatibleRenderPass) {
-		ERROR_LOG(G3D, "Failed creating graphics pipeline - compatible render pass was null");
-		// We're kinda screwed here?
+		ERROR_LOG(G3D, "Failed creating graphics pipeline - compatible render pass was nullptr");
+		pipeline[(size_t)rpType]->Post(VK_NULL_HANDLE);
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/GPU/Vulkan/ShaderManagerVulkan.cpp b/GPU/Vulkan/ShaderManagerVulkan.cpp
index 9cae5d6486df..5b90e39e1506 100644
--- a/GPU/Vulkan/ShaderManagerVulkan.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Vulkan/ShaderManagerVulkan.cpp
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ VulkanFragmentShader::VulkanFragmentShader(VulkanContext *vulkan, FShaderID id,
 VulkanFragmentShader::~VulkanFragmentShader() {
 	if (module_) {
 		VkShaderModule shaderModule = module_->BlockUntilReady();
-		vulkan_->Delete().QueueDeleteShaderModule(shaderModule);
+		if (shaderModule) {
+			vulkan_->Delete().QueueDeleteShaderModule(shaderModule);
+		}
 		vulkan_->Delete().QueueCallback([](void *m) {
 			auto module = (Promise<VkShaderModule> *)m;
 			delete module;