diff --git a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cmd_buffer.c b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cmd_buffer.c
index aae60afcb96..73bf0c78b35 100644
--- a/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cmd_buffer.c
+++ b/src/broadcom/vulkan/v3dv_cmd_buffer.c
@@ -3904,6 +3904,7 @@ v3dv_CmdPushConstants(VkCommandBuffer commandBuffer,
 {
    V3DV_FROM_HANDLE(v3dv_cmd_buffer, cmd_buffer, commandBuffer);
 
+   assert(cmd_buffer->state.push_constants_data);
    if (!memcmp((uint8_t *) cmd_buffer->state.push_constants_data + offset,
                pValues, size)) {
       return;