diff --git a/rocclr/hip_memory.cpp b/rocclr/hip_memory.cpp
index 593513c98d..4bd75b8ffb 100755
--- a/rocclr/hip_memory.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/hip_memory.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,10 @@ hipError_t ihipMemcpy(void* dst, const void* src, size_t sizeBytes, hipMemcpyKin
     amd::HostQueue* pQueue = &queue;
     if (queueDevice != dstMemory->getContext().devices()[0]) {
       pQueue = hip::getNullStream(dstMemory->getContext());
-      waitList.push_back(queue.getLastQueuedCommand(true));
+      amd::Command* cmd = queue.getLastQueuedCommand(true);
+      if (cmd != nullptr) {
+        waitList.push_back(cmd);
+      }
     }
     command = new amd::WriteMemoryCommand(*pQueue, CL_COMMAND_WRITE_BUFFER, waitList,
               *dstMemory->asBuffer(), dOffset, sizeBytes, src);
@@ -138,7 +141,10 @@ hipError_t ihipMemcpy(void* dst, const void* src, size_t sizeBytes, hipMemcpyKin
     amd::HostQueue* pQueue = &queue;
     if (queueDevice != srcMemory->getContext().devices()[0]) {
       pQueue = hip::getNullStream(srcMemory->getContext());
-      waitList.push_back(queue.getLastQueuedCommand(true));
+      amd::Command* cmd = queue.getLastQueuedCommand(true);
+      if (cmd != nullptr) {
+        waitList.push_back(cmd);
+      }
     }
     command = new amd::ReadMemoryCommand(*pQueue, CL_COMMAND_READ_BUFFER, waitList,
               *srcMemory->asBuffer(), sOffset, sizeBytes, dst);