diff --git a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
index ea7df6d7..a295cae3 100644
--- a/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
+++ b/MoltenVK/MoltenVK/GPUObjects/MVKPipeline.mm
@@ -284,7 +284,11 @@ MTLRenderPipelineDescriptor* MVKGraphicsPipeline::getMTLRenderPipelineDescriptor
         // Fragment shader
         if (mvkAreFlagsEnabled(pSS->stage, VK_SHADER_STAGE_FRAGMENT_BIT)) {
 			shaderContext.options.entryPointStage = spv::ExecutionModelFragment;
-			plDesc.fragmentFunction = mvkShdrMod->getMTLFunction(&shaderContext, pSS->pSpecializationInfo, _pipelineCache).mtlFunction;
+			id<MTLFunction> mtlFunction = mvkShdrMod->getMTLFunction(&shaderContext, pSS->pSpecializationInfo, _pipelineCache).mtlFunction;
+			if ( !mtlFunction ) {
+				setConfigurationResult(mvkNotifyErrorWithText(VK_ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED, "Fragment shader function could not be compiled into pipeline. See previous error."));
+			}
+			plDesc.fragmentFunction = mtlFunction;
         }
     }