diff --git a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h
index 34c2d95c93..1e3b2a799f 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h
+++ b/backends/vulkan/runtime/vk_api/Shader.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class ShaderLayout final {
 
 struct ShaderInfo final {
   struct {
-    const uint32_t* bin;
-    uint32_t size;
+    const uint32_t* bin = nullptr;
+    uint32_t size = 0u;
   } src_code;
 
   std::string kernel_name{""};
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ struct ShaderInfo final {
       const uint32_t,
       std::vector<VkDescriptorType>,
       const utils::uvec3 tile_size);
+
+  operator bool() const {
+    return src_code.bin != nullptr;
+  };
 };
 
 bool operator==(const ShaderInfo& _1, const ShaderInfo& _2);
diff --git a/backends/vulkan/test/vulkan_compute_api_test.cpp b/backends/vulkan/test/vulkan_compute_api_test.cpp
index ee2d119b6b..cbd409112f 100644
--- a/backends/vulkan/test/vulkan_compute_api_test.cpp
+++ b/backends/vulkan/test/vulkan_compute_api_test.cpp
@@ -168,6 +168,13 @@ std::vector<int64_t> get_reference_strides(
   return {};
 }
 
+TEST_F(VulkanComputeAPITest, empty_init_shader_info_test) {
+  vkapi::ShaderInfo empty_shader_info;
+  EXPECT_FALSE(empty_shader_info);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(empty_shader_info.src_code.bin == nullptr);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(empty_shader_info.src_code.size == 0u);
+}
+
 TEST_F(VulkanComputeAPITest, calculate_tensor_strides_test) {
   for (const auto& sizes : standard_sizes_to_test) {
     if (sizes.size() < 3) {