diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.c b/libavutil/vulkan.c
index dec8ccad64..bf8456b06d 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.c
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.c
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ VkResult ff_vk_exec_get_query(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e,
     int64_t res = 0;
     VkQueryResultFlags qf = 0;
 
+    if (!e->had_submission)
+        return VK_NOT_READY;
+
     qf |= pool->query_64bit ?
           VK_QUERY_RESULT_64_BIT : 0x0;
     qf |= pool->query_statuses ?
@@ -779,6 +782,8 @@ int ff_vk_exec_submit(FFVulkanContext *s, FFVkExecContext *e)
         }
     }
 
+    e->had_submission = 1;
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/libavutil/vulkan.h b/libavutil/vulkan.h
index 25c5ad4b74..b666841836 100644
--- a/libavutil/vulkan.h
+++ b/libavutil/vulkan.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ typedef struct FFVkExecContext {
     uint32_t idx;
     const struct FFVkExecPool *parent;
     pthread_mutex_t lock;
+    int had_submission;
 
     /* Queue for the execution context */
     VkQueue queue;