diff --git a/src/mbgl/vulkan/renderable_resource.cpp b/src/mbgl/vulkan/renderable_resource.cpp
index b9d7e03d1..ea9235337 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/vulkan/renderable_resource.cpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/vulkan/renderable_resource.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ namespace mbgl {
 namespace vulkan {
 
 SurfaceRenderableResource::~SurfaceRenderableResource() {
+    if (!backend.getDevice()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     backend.getDevice()->waitIdle(backend.getDispatcher());
 
     // specific order