diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/event.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/event.rs
index 81a774f91a7..71412fe10c6 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/event.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/api/event.rs
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ pub fn create_and_queue(
     block: bool,
     work: EventSig,
 ) -> CLResult<()> {
+    if deps.iter().any(|dep| dep.is_error()) {
+        return Err(CL_EXEC_STATUS_ERROR_FOR_EVENTS_IN_WAIT_LIST);
+    }
+
     let e = Event::new(&q, cmd_type, deps, work);
     if !event.is_null() {
         // SAFETY: we check for null and valid API use is to pass in a valid pointer