diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
index cbd3697ef9..0c0f64e2b2 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-vulkan/ggml-vulkan.cpp
@@ -689,7 +689,12 @@ static void ggml_vk_create_pipeline_func(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline& pipelin
     }
 #endif
 
-    pipeline->shader_module = device->device.createShaderModule(shader_module_create_info);
+    try {
+        pipeline->shader_module = device->device.createShaderModule(shader_module_create_info);
+    } catch (const vk::SystemError& e) {
+        std::cerr << "ggml_vulkan: shader module creation failed for " << pipeline->name << ": " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        throw;
+    }
 
     vk::PushConstantRange pcr(
         vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
@@ -698,7 +703,12 @@ static void ggml_vk_create_pipeline_func(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline& pipelin
     );
 
     vk::PipelineLayoutCreateInfo pipeline_layout_create_info(vk::PipelineLayoutCreateFlags(), device->dsl, pcr);
-    pipeline->layout = device->device.createPipelineLayout(pipeline_layout_create_info);
+    try {
+        pipeline->layout = device->device.createPipelineLayout(pipeline_layout_create_info);
+    } catch (const vk::SystemError& e) {
+        std::cerr << "ggml_vulkan: pipeline layout creation failed for " << pipeline->name << ": " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        throw;
+    }
 
     std::vector<vk::SpecializationMapEntry> specialization_entries(specialization_constants.size());
 
@@ -766,9 +776,8 @@ static void ggml_vk_create_pipeline_func(vk_device& device, vk_pipeline& pipelin
     try {
         pipeline->pipeline = device->device.createComputePipeline(VK_NULL_HANDLE, compute_pipeline_create_info).value;
     } catch (const vk::SystemError& e) {
-        std::cerr << "ggml_vulkan: Compute pipeline creation failed for " << pipeline->name << std::endl;
-        std::cerr << "ggml_vulkan: " << e.what() << std::endl;
-        throw e;
+        std::cerr << "ggml_vulkan: compute pipeline creation failed for " << pipeline->name << ": " << e.what() << std::endl;
+        throw;
     }
 
     if (vk_instance.debug_utils_support) {