diff --git a/libc/utils/gpu/server/rpc_server.cpp b/libc/utils/gpu/server/rpc_server.cpp
--- a/libc/utils/gpu/server/rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/libc/utils/gpu/server/rpc_server.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 }
 
 rpc_status_t rpc_shutdown(void) {
-  if (state->reference_count-- == 1)
+  if (state && state->reference_count-- == 1)
     delete state;
 
   return RPC_STATUS_SUCCESS;