diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index b61879aa5d312..c3e5a9eccc3aa 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -145,8 +145,13 @@ static void ggml_vk_destroy_pipeline(vk::Device& device, vk_pipeline& pipeline);
 struct vk_matmul_pipeline_struct {
     vk_pipeline l, m, s;
     vk_pipeline a_l, a_m, a_s;
+    // Returns true when all unaligned pipelines are null.
+    // We only check for unaligned variants since one of the unaligned pipelines must exist
+    // while aligned pipelines are optional
+    bool is_empty() const {
+        return l == nullptr && m == nullptr && s == nullptr;
+    }
 };
-
 typedef std::shared_ptr<vk_matmul_pipeline_struct> vk_matmul_pipeline;
 
 struct vk_matmul_pipeline2 {
@@ -5079,7 +5084,7 @@ static vk_matmul_pipeline ggml_vk_get_mul_mat_mat_pipeline(ggml_backend_vk_conte
     if (src1_type == GGML_TYPE_Q8_1) {
         vk_matmul_pipeline pipelines = ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_q8_1[src0_type].f32acc;
 
-        if (pipelines->s == nullptr && pipelines->m == nullptr && pipelines->l == nullptr) {
+        if (pipelines->is_empty()) {
             return nullptr;
         }
 
@@ -5228,7 +5233,7 @@ static vk_matmul_pipeline ggml_vk_get_mul_mat_mat_id_pipeline(ggml_backend_vk_co
     if (src1_type == GGML_TYPE_Q8_1) {
         vk_matmul_pipeline pipelines = ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_id_q8_1[src0_type].f32acc;
 
-        if (pipelines->s == nullptr && pipelines->m == nullptr && pipelines->l == nullptr) {
+        if (pipelines->is_empty()) {
             return nullptr;
         }
 
@@ -5263,16 +5268,17 @@ static vk_matmul_pipeline ggml_vk_get_mul_mat_mat_id_pipeline(ggml_backend_vk_co
             return nullptr;
     }
 
+    vk_matmul_pipeline2& mmp = ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_id[src0_type];
     // XXX TODO 'prec' is not actually allowed in mul_mat_id.
     bool prefer_fp16acc = ctx->device->fp16 /*&& prec == GGML_PREC_DEFAULT*/;
-    bool support_fp16acc = ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_id[src0_type].f16acc != nullptr;
-    bool support_fp32acc = ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_id[src0_type].f32acc != nullptr;
+    bool support_fp16acc = !mmp.f16acc->is_empty();
+    bool support_fp32acc = !mmp.f32acc->is_empty();
 
     if (support_fp16acc && (prefer_fp16acc || !support_fp32acc)) {
-        return ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_id[src0_type].f16acc;
+        return mmp.f16acc;
     } else {
         GGML_ASSERT(support_fp32acc);
-        return ctx->device->pipeline_dequant_mul_mat_mat_id[src0_type].f32acc;
+        return mmp.f32acc;
     }
 }