diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp
index 10648c3a41f5..856d1bc4ee28 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_vulkan.cpp
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ VkDescriptorSet ImGui_ImplVulkan_AddTexture(VkSampler sampler, VkImageView image
     }
 
     // Update the Descriptor Set:
+    if (descriptor_set != VK_NULL_HANDLE)
     {
         VkDescriptorImageInfo desc_image[1] = {};
         desc_image[0].sampler = sampler;