diff --git a/ggml-opencl.cpp b/ggml-opencl.cpp
index cfa766eb1..732e24c91 100644
--- a/ggml-opencl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-opencl.cpp
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@ void ggml_cl_init(void) {
     if (initialized) {
         return;
     }
+    initialized = true;
 
     cl_int err;