diff --git a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
index 336384b98..63b3679cc 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/vulkan/vulkan-compute-utils.c
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ static int updateDescriptors(struct vulkan_compute_state *s)
 		};
 		descriptorSetLen++;
 	}
+	// Abort process if any buffer is not valid
+	if (s->streams[0].current_buffer_id == SPA_ID_INVALID
+			|| (s->n_streams == 2 && s->streams[1].current_buffer_id == SPA_ID_INVALID))
+		return -1;
+
 	vkUpdateDescriptorSets(s->base.device, descriptorSetLen,
 				writeDescriptorSet, 0, NULL);