2 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
index 8fdc6400d..c4b3bc6c8 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ std::array<Shader, Maxwell::MaxShaderProgram> VKPipelineCache::GetShaders() {
         const GPUVAddr program_addr{GetShaderAddress(system, program)};
         const std::optional cpu_addr = memory_manager.GpuToCpuAddress(program_addr);
         ASSERT(cpu_addr);
-        auto shader = cpu_addr ? TryGet(*cpu_addr) : nullptr;
+        auto shader = cpu_addr ? TryGet(*cpu_addr) : null_shader;
         if (!shader) {
             const auto host_ptr{memory_manager.GetPointer(program_addr)};
 
@@ -218,7 +218,11 @@ std::array<Shader, Maxwell::MaxShaderProgram> VKPipelineCache::GetShaders() {
 
             shader = std::make_shared<CachedShader>(system, stage, program_addr, *cpu_addr,
                                                     std::move(code), stage_offset);
-            Register(shader);
+            if (cpu_addr) {
+                Register(shader);
+            } else {
+                null_shader = shader;
+            }
         }
         shaders[index] = std::move(shader);
     }
@@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ VKComputePipeline& VKPipelineCache::GetComputePipeline(const ComputePipelineCach
     const auto cpu_addr = memory_manager.GpuToCpuAddress(program_addr);
     ASSERT(cpu_addr);
 
-    auto shader = cpu_addr ? TryGet(*cpu_addr) : nullptr;
+    auto shader = cpu_addr ? TryGet(*cpu_addr) : null_kernel;
     if (!shader) {
         // No shader found - create a new one
         const auto host_ptr = memory_manager.GetPointer(program_addr);
@@ -271,7 +275,11 @@ VKComputePipeline& VKPipelineCache::GetComputePipeline(const ComputePipelineCach
         shader = std::make_shared<CachedShader>(system, Tegra::Engines::ShaderType::Compute,
                                                 program_addr, *cpu_addr, std::move(code),
                                                 kernel_main_offset);
-        Register(shader);
+        if (cpu_addr) {
+            Register(shader);
+        } else {
+            null_kernel = shader;
+        }
     }
 
     Specialization specialization;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.h b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.h
index 7ccdb7083..602a0a340 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_vulkan/vk_pipeline_cache.h
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ private:
     VKUpdateDescriptorQueue& update_descriptor_queue;
     VKRenderPassCache& renderpass_cache;
 
+    Shader null_shader{};
+    Shader null_kernel{};
+
     std::array<Shader, Maxwell::MaxShaderProgram> last_shaders;
 
     GraphicsPipelineCacheKey last_graphics_key;