diff --git a/libs/ui/GraphicBufferAllocator.cpp b/libs/ui/GraphicBufferAllocator.cpp
index 85e9675..9b265af 100644
--- a/libs/ui/GraphicBufferAllocator.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/GraphicBufferAllocator.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@
     // we have a h/w allocator and h/w buffer is requested
     status_t err;
 
+    // Filter out any usage bits that should not be passed to the gralloc module
+    usage &= GRALLOC_USAGE_ALLOC_MASK;
+
     int outStride = 0;
     err = mAllocDev->alloc(mAllocDev, static_cast<int>(width),
             static_cast<int>(height), format, static_cast<int>(usage), handle,