diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index eb469d0f7953d..81100e27766b7 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ static struct ggml_tensor * ggml_new_tensor_impl(
         data_size *= ne[i];
     }
 
-    GGML_ASSERT(view_src == NULL || data_size + view_offs <= ggml_nbytes(view_src));
+    GGML_ASSERT(view_src == NULL || data_size == 0 || data_size + view_offs <= ggml_nbytes(view_src));
 
     void * data = view_src != NULL ? view_src->data : NULL;
     if (data != NULL) {