diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index bfcaf3bf9f..42f4576fd9 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -14908,11 +14908,13 @@ static void ggml_backend_vk_event_wait(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_backend_even
     VK_LOG_DEBUG("ggml_backend_vk_event_wait(backend=" << backend << ", event=" << event << ")");
     ggml_backend_vk_context * ctx = (ggml_backend_vk_context *)backend->context;
     vk_event *vkev = (vk_event *)event->context;
-    GGML_ASSERT(vkev->has_event);
 
     vk_context compute_ctx = ggml_vk_get_compute_ctx(ctx);
 
-    ggml_vk_wait_events(compute_ctx, { vkev->event });
+    if (vkev->has_event) {
+        // Wait for latest event
+        ggml_vk_wait_events(compute_ctx, { vkev->event });
+    }
 }
 
 // TODO: enable async and synchronize