diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 36a251ecc..010682edb 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -2635,7 +2635,7 @@ void ggml_cuda_free_scratch() {
 bool ggml_cuda_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * tensor){
     ggml_cuda_func_t func;
     const bool any_on_device = tensor->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU
-        || tensor->src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU || tensor->src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU_SPLIT
+        || (tensor->src0 != nullptr && (tensor->src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU || tensor->src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU_SPLIT))
         || (tensor->src1 != nullptr && tensor->src1->backend == GGML_BACKEND_GPU);
 
     switch (tensor->op) {
diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index ef9e8585d..7104be01b 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -14911,7 +14911,7 @@ static void ggml_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggm
     if (skip_cpu) {
         return;
     }
-    GGML_ASSERT(tensor->src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_CPU);
+    GGML_ASSERT(tensor->src0 == NULL || tensor->src0->backend == GGML_BACKEND_CPU);
     GGML_ASSERT(tensor->src1 == NULL || tensor->src1->backend == GGML_BACKEND_CPU);
 #endif // GGML_USE_CUBLAS