diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
index 763bc63..8e0eb08 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@
 #include <GrBackendSurface.h>
 #include <GrDirectContext.h>
 #include <GrTypes.h>
-#include <include/gpu/ganesh/SkSurfaceGanesh.h>
 #include <android/sync.h>
+#include <gui/TraceUtils.h>
+#include <include/gpu/ganesh/SkSurfaceGanesh.h>
 #include <ui/FatVector.h>
 #include <vk/GrVkExtensions.h>
 #include <vk/GrVkTypes.h>
 
-#include <cstring>
-
-#include <gui/TraceUtils.h>
 #include "Properties.h"
 #include "RenderThread.h"
 #include "pipeline/skia/ShaderCache.h"
@@ -91,19 +89,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-GrVkGetProc VulkanManager::sSkiaGetProp = [](const char* proc_name, VkInstance instance,
-                                             VkDevice device) {
-    if (device != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
-        if (strcmp("vkQueueSubmit", proc_name) == 0) {
-            return (PFN_vkVoidFunction)VulkanManager::interceptedVkQueueSubmit;
-        } else if (strcmp("vkQueueWaitIdle", proc_name) == 0) {
-            return (PFN_vkVoidFunction)VulkanManager::interceptedVkQueueWaitIdle;
-        }
-        return vkGetDeviceProcAddr(device, proc_name);
-    }
-    return vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, proc_name);
-};
-
 #define GET_PROC(F) m##F = (PFN_vk##F)vkGetInstanceProcAddr(VK_NULL_HANDLE, "vk" #F)
 #define GET_INST_PROC(F) m##F = (PFN_vk##F)vkGetInstanceProcAddr(mInstance, "vk" #F)
 #define GET_DEV_PROC(F) m##F = (PFN_vk##F)vkGetDeviceProcAddr(mDevice, "vk" #F)
@@ -139,6 +124,7 @@
     }
 
     mGraphicsQueue = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    mAHBUploadQueue = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     mDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     mPhysicalDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     mInstance = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
@@ -232,7 +218,7 @@
     mDriverVersion = physDeviceProperties.driverVersion;
 
     // query to get the initial queue props size
-    uint32_t queueCount;
+    uint32_t queueCount = 0;
     mGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties(mPhysicalDevice, &queueCount, nullptr);
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!queueCount);
 
@@ -240,11 +226,14 @@
     std::unique_ptr<VkQueueFamilyProperties[]> queueProps(new VkQueueFamilyProperties[queueCount]);
     mGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties(mPhysicalDevice, &queueCount, queueProps.get());
 
+    constexpr auto kRequestedQueueCount = 2;
+
     // iterate to find the graphics queue
     mGraphicsQueueIndex = queueCount;
     for (uint32_t i = 0; i < queueCount; i++) {
         if (queueProps[i].queueFlags & VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT) {
             mGraphicsQueueIndex = i;
+            LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(queueProps[i].queueCount < kRequestedQueueCount);
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -274,7 +263,14 @@
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(!hasKHRSwapchainExtension);
     }
 
-    grExtensions.init(sSkiaGetProp, mInstance, mPhysicalDevice, mInstanceExtensions.size(),
+    auto getProc = [](const char* proc_name, VkInstance instance, VkDevice device) {
+        if (device != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            return vkGetDeviceProcAddr(device, proc_name);
+        }
+        return vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, proc_name);
+    };
+
+    grExtensions.init(getProc, mInstance, mPhysicalDevice, mInstanceExtensions.size(),
                       mInstanceExtensions.data(), mDeviceExtensions.size(),
                       mDeviceExtensions.data());
 
@@ -313,7 +309,7 @@
     // and we can't depend on it on all platforms
     features.features.robustBufferAccess = VK_FALSE;
 
-    float queuePriorities[1] = {0.0};
+    float queuePriorities[kRequestedQueueCount] = {0.0};
 
     void* queueNextPtr = nullptr;
 
@@ -346,7 +342,7 @@
             queueNextPtr,                                // pNext
             0,                                           // VkDeviceQueueCreateFlags
             mGraphicsQueueIndex,                         // queueFamilyIndex
-            1,                                           // queueCount
+            kRequestedQueueCount,                        // queueCount
             queuePriorities,                             // pQueuePriorities
     };
 
@@ -404,6 +400,7 @@
     this->setupDevice(mExtensions, mPhysicalDeviceFeatures2);
 
     mGetDeviceQueue(mDevice, mGraphicsQueueIndex, 0, &mGraphicsQueue);
+    mGetDeviceQueue(mDevice, mGraphicsQueueIndex, 1, &mAHBUploadQueue);
 
     if (Properties::enablePartialUpdates && Properties::useBufferAge) {
         mSwapBehavior = SwapBehavior::BufferAge;
@@ -417,16 +414,24 @@
 
 sk_sp<GrDirectContext> VulkanManager::createContext(GrContextOptions& options,
                                                     ContextType contextType) {
+    auto getProc = [](const char* proc_name, VkInstance instance, VkDevice device) {
+        if (device != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+            return vkGetDeviceProcAddr(device, proc_name);
+        }
+        return vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, proc_name);
+    };
+
     GrVkBackendContext backendContext;
     backendContext.fInstance = mInstance;
     backendContext.fPhysicalDevice = mPhysicalDevice;
     backendContext.fDevice = mDevice;
-    backendContext.fQueue = mGraphicsQueue;
+    backendContext.fQueue =
+            (contextType == ContextType::kRenderThread) ? mGraphicsQueue : mAHBUploadQueue;
     backendContext.fGraphicsQueueIndex = mGraphicsQueueIndex;
     backendContext.fMaxAPIVersion = mAPIVersion;
     backendContext.fVkExtensions = &mExtensions;
     backendContext.fDeviceFeatures2 = &mPhysicalDeviceFeatures2;
-    backendContext.fGetProc = sSkiaGetProp;
+    backendContext.fGetProc = std::move(getProc);
 
     LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(options.fContextDeleteProc != nullptr, "Conflicting fContextDeleteProcs!");
     this->incStrong((void*)onGrContextReleased);
@@ -638,8 +643,6 @@
         ALOGE_IF(VK_SUCCESS != err, "VulkanManager::swapBuffers(): Failed to get semaphore Fd");
     } else {
         ALOGE("VulkanManager::swapBuffers(): Semaphore submission failed");
-
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mGraphicsQueueMutex);
         mQueueWaitIdle(mGraphicsQueue);
     }
     if (mDestroySemaphoreContext) {
@@ -654,7 +657,6 @@
 void VulkanManager::destroySurface(VulkanSurface* surface) {
     // Make sure all submit commands have finished before starting to destroy objects.
     if (VK_NULL_HANDLE != mGraphicsQueue) {
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(mGraphicsQueueMutex);
         mQueueWaitIdle(mGraphicsQueue);
     }
     mDeviceWaitIdle(mDevice);
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
index 00a40c0..2be1ffd 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 #ifndef VULKANMANAGER_H
 #define VULKANMANAGER_H
 
-#include <functional>
-#include <mutex>
-
-#include "vulkan/vulkan_core.h"
 #if !defined(VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR)
 #define VK_USE_PLATFORM_ANDROID_KHR
 #endif
@@ -186,25 +182,8 @@
     VkDevice mDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 
     uint32_t mGraphicsQueueIndex;
-
-    std::mutex mGraphicsQueueMutex;
     VkQueue mGraphicsQueue = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
-
-    static VKAPI_ATTR VkResult interceptedVkQueueSubmit(VkQueue queue, uint32_t submitCount,
-                                                        const VkSubmitInfo* pSubmits,
-                                                        VkFence fence) {
-        sp<VulkanManager> manager = VulkanManager::getInstance();
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(manager->mGraphicsQueueMutex);
-        return manager->mQueueSubmit(queue, submitCount, pSubmits, fence);
-    }
-
-    static VKAPI_ATTR VkResult interceptedVkQueueWaitIdle(VkQueue queue) {
-        sp<VulkanManager> manager = VulkanManager::getInstance();
-        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(manager->mGraphicsQueueMutex);
-        return manager->mQueueWaitIdle(queue);
-    }
-
-    static GrVkGetProc sSkiaGetProp;
+    VkQueue mAHBUploadQueue = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
 
     // Variables saved to populate VkFunctorInitParams.
     static const uint32_t mAPIVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 1, 0);