diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp
index 4db4ea64d2..f6721d3b6b 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanTexture.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ VulkanTexture::VulkanTexture(VkDevice device, VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice,
     bool const isProtected = any(tusage & TextureUsage::PROTECTED);
     VkImageCreateInfo imageInfo{
         .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO,
+        .flags = isProtected ? VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT : 0u,
         .imageType = target == SamplerType::SAMPLER_3D ? VK_IMAGE_TYPE_3D : VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D,
         .format = vkFormat,
         .extent = {w, h, depth},
diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/platform/VulkanPlatformAndroid.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/platform/VulkanPlatformAndroid.cpp
index d62a7146f1..ec46040cc4 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/platform/VulkanPlatformAndroid.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/platform/VulkanPlatformAndroid.cpp
@@ -378,10 +378,15 @@ VulkanPlatform::ImageData VulkanPlatformAndroid::createVkImageFromExternal(
             externalCreateInfo.pNext = &imageFormatListInfo;
         }
 
+        VkImageCreateFlags imageFlags =
+                (isFormatSrgb(metadata.format) ? VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT : 0u) |
+                (any(metadata.filamentUsage & TextureUsage::PROTECTED)
+                                ? VK_IMAGE_CREATE_PROTECTED_BIT
+                                : 0u);
         VkImageCreateInfo const imageInfo = {
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO,
             .pNext = &externalCreateInfo,
-            .flags = isFormatSrgb(metadata.format) ? VK_IMAGE_CREATE_MUTABLE_FORMAT_BIT : 0u,
+            .flags = imageFlags,
             .imageType = VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D,
             // For non external images, use the same format as the AHB, which isn't in SRGB
             // Fix VUID-VkMemoryAllocateInfo-pNext-02387