diff --git a/src/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/blas.jl b/src/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/blas.jl
index 1af4561ca..1535ba825 100644
--- a/src/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/blas.jl
+++ b/src/rulesets/LinearAlgebra/blas.jl
@@ -17,15 +17,13 @@ rrule(::typeof(BLAS.dot), x, y) = rrule(dot, x, y)
 
 function rrule(::typeof(BLAS.dot), n, X, incx, Y, incy)
     Ω = BLAS.dot(n, X, incx, Y, incy)
+    function blas_dot_pullback(::Zero)
+        return (NO_FIELDS, DoesNotExist(), Zero(), DoesNotExist(), Zero(), DoesNotExist())
+    end
     function blas_dot_pullback(ΔΩ)
-        if ΔΩ isa Zero
-            ∂X = Zero()
-            ∂Y = Zero()
-        else
-            ΔΩ = extern(ΔΩ)
-            ∂X = @thunk scal!(n, ΔΩ, blascopy!(n, Y, incy, _zeros(X), incx), incx)
-            ∂Y = @thunk scal!(n, ΔΩ, blascopy!(n, X, incx, _zeros(Y), incy), incy)
-        end
+        ΔΩ = extern(ΔΩ)
+        ∂X = @thunk scal!(n, ΔΩ, blascopy!(n, Y, incy, _zeros(X), incx), incx)
+        ∂Y = @thunk scal!(n, ΔΩ, blascopy!(n, X, incx, _zeros(Y), incy), incy)
         return (NO_FIELDS, DoesNotExist(), ∂X, DoesNotExist(), ∂Y, DoesNotExist())
     end
     return Ω, blas_dot_pullback