diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 51cc856627989..030d93a5177c0 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -6037,12 +6037,12 @@ struct ggml_tensor * ggml_graph_get_tensor(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, co
 
 struct ggml_tensor * ggml_graph_get_grad(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, const struct ggml_tensor * node) {
     const size_t igrad = ggml_hash_find(&cgraph->visited_hash_set, node);
-    return igrad != GGML_HASHSET_FULL && ggml_bitset_get(cgraph->visited_hash_set.used, igrad) ? cgraph->grads[igrad] : NULL;
+    return igrad != GGML_HASHSET_FULL && ggml_bitset_get(cgraph->visited_hash_set.used, igrad) && cgraph->grads ? cgraph->grads[igrad] : NULL;
 }
 
 struct ggml_tensor * ggml_graph_get_grad_acc(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, const struct ggml_tensor * node) {
     const size_t igrad = ggml_hash_find(&cgraph->visited_hash_set, node);
-    return igrad != GGML_HASHSET_FULL && ggml_bitset_get(cgraph->visited_hash_set.used, igrad) ? cgraph->grad_accs[igrad] : NULL;
+    return igrad != GGML_HASHSET_FULL && ggml_bitset_get(cgraph->visited_hash_set.used, igrad) && cgraph->grad_accs ? cgraph->grad_accs[igrad] : NULL;
 }
 
 void ggml_graph_print(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph) {