diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp b/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
index cb3361b..2578ee8 100644
--- a/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
+++ b/libs/nativewindow/AHardwareBuffer.cpp
@@ -509,10 +509,6 @@
             ALOGE_IF(log, "AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_SENSOR_DIRECT_DATA requires AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB");
             return false;
         }
-        if (desc->usage & AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_GPU_DATA_BUFFER) {
-            ALOGE_IF(log, "AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_GPU_DATA_BUFFER requires AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_BLOB");
-            return false;
-        }
     }
 
     if ((desc->usage & (AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_MASK | AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_WRITE_MASK)) &&
diff --git a/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp b/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp
index 040a62b..f23f10a 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,15 @@
               descriptorInfo->usage & ~validUsageBits);
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
+
+    // Gralloc2 implementations never understand non-BLOB with GPU_DATA_BUFFER
+    // and do not reliably reject it.
+    if (descriptorInfo->usage & BufferUsage::GPU_DATA_BUFFER &&
+        descriptorInfo->format != hardware::graphics::common::V1_1::PixelFormat::BLOB) {
+        ALOGE("gralloc2 does not support non-BLOB pixel formats with GPU_DATA_BUFFER usage");
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/Gralloc3.cpp b/libs/ui/Gralloc3.cpp
index 882674f..15c60bc 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Gralloc3.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Gralloc3.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,15 @@
               descriptorInfo->usage & ~validUsageBits);
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
+
+    // Gralloc3 implementations never understand non-BLOB with GPU_DATA_BUFFER
+    // and do not reliably reject it.
+    if (descriptorInfo->usage & BufferUsage::GPU_DATA_BUFFER &&
+        descriptorInfo->format != hardware::graphics::common::V1_2::PixelFormat::BLOB) {
+        ALOGE("gralloc3 does not support non-BLOB pixel formats with GPU_DATA_BUFFER usage");
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
     return NO_ERROR;
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ui/Gralloc4.cpp b/libs/ui/Gralloc4.cpp
index e026324..9922d6a 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Gralloc4.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Gralloc4.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 using android::hardware::hidl_vec;
 using android::hardware::graphics::allocator::V4_0::IAllocator;
 using android::hardware::graphics::common::V1_2::BufferUsage;
+using android::hardware::graphics::common::V1_2::PixelFormat;
 using android::hardware::graphics::mapper::V4_0::BufferDescriptor;
 using android::hardware::graphics::mapper::V4_0::Error;
 using android::hardware::graphics::mapper::V4_0::IMapper;
@@ -120,6 +121,16 @@
               descriptorInfo->usage & ~validUsageBits);
         return BAD_VALUE;
     }
+
+    // Combinations that are only allowed with gralloc 4.1.
+    // Previous grallocs must be protected from this.
+    if (!hasIAllocatorAidl() &&
+            descriptorInfo->format != hardware::graphics::common::V1_2::PixelFormat::BLOB &&
+            descriptorInfo->usage & BufferUsage::GPU_DATA_BUFFER) {
+        ALOGE("non-BLOB pixel format with GPU_DATA_BUFFER usage is not supported prior to gralloc 4.1");
+        return BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
     return NO_ERROR;
 }