diff --git a/drivers/vulkan/vulkan_context.cpp b/drivers/vulkan/vulkan_context.cpp
index 7c691340caa..7068f707e69 100644
--- a/drivers/vulkan/vulkan_context.cpp
+++ b/drivers/vulkan/vulkan_context.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL VulkanContext::_debug_messenger_callback(VkDebugU
 	if (strstr(pCallbackData->pMessage, "wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32") != NULL) {
 		return VK_FALSE;
 	}
-	if (strstr(pCallbackData->pMessageIdName, "UNASSIGNED-CoreValidation-DrawState-ClearCmdBeforeDraw") != NULL) {
+	if (pCallbackData->pMessageIdName && strstr(pCallbackData->pMessageIdName, "UNASSIGNED-CoreValidation-DrawState-ClearCmdBeforeDraw") != NULL) {
 		return VK_FALSE;
 	}