diff --git a/tools/completion/completion.cpp b/tools/completion/completion.cpp
index f368a2f4c6..7f8da2a59d 100644
--- a/tools/completion/completion.cpp
+++ b/tools/completion/completion.cpp
@@ -143,12 +143,13 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     ctx   = llama_init->context();
     model = llama_init->model();
-    smpl  = llama_init->sampler(0);
 
-    if (ctx == NULL) {
-        LOG_ERR("%s: error: unable to create context\n", __func__);
+    if (model == nullptr || ctx == nullptr) {
+        LOG_ERR("%s : failed to init\n", __func__);
         return 1;
     }
+    
+    smpl  = llama_init->sampler(0);
 
     llama_memory_t mem = llama_get_memory(ctx);
     const llama_vocab * vocab = llama_model_get_vocab(model);