diff --git a/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp b/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp
index 1f746a2..60ec38c 100644
--- a/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/Gralloc2.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <hwbinder/IPCThreadState.h>
 #include <ui/Gralloc2.h>
 
+#include <inttypes.h>
 #include <log/log.h>
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wzero-length-array"
@@ -30,8 +31,40 @@
 
 namespace Gralloc2 {
 
+namespace {
+
 static constexpr Error kTransactionError = Error::NO_RESOURCES;
 
+uint64_t getValid10UsageBits() {
+    static const uint64_t valid10UsageBits = []() -> uint64_t {
+        using hardware::graphics::common::V1_0::BufferUsage;
+        uint64_t bits = 0;
+        for (const auto bit : hardware::hidl_enum_iterator<BufferUsage>()) {
+            bits = bits | bit;
+        }
+        // TODO(b/72323293): Remove this mask for EXTERNAL_DISP.
+        bits = bits | (1 << 13);
+
+        return bits;
+    }();
+    return valid10UsageBits;
+}
+
+uint64_t getValid11UsageBits() {
+    static const uint64_t valid11UsageBits = []() -> uint64_t {
+        using hardware::graphics::common::V1_1::BufferUsage;
+        uint64_t bits = 0;
+        for (const auto bit : hardware::hidl_enum_iterator<BufferUsage>()) {
+            bits = bits | bit;
+        }
+        // Return only the overlapping bits.
+        return bits & ~getValid10UsageBits();
+    }();
+    return valid11UsageBits;
+}
+
+}  // anonymous namespace
+
 void Mapper::preload() {
     android::hardware::preloadPassthroughService<hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_0::IMapper>();
 }
@@ -50,11 +83,39 @@
     mMapperV2_1 = hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_1::IMapper::castFrom(mMapper);
 }
 
+Gralloc2::Error Mapper::validateBufferDescriptorInfo(
+        const IMapper::BufferDescriptorInfo& descriptorInfo) const {
+    uint64_t validUsageBits = getValid10UsageBits();
+    if (mMapperV2_1 != nullptr) {
+        validUsageBits = validUsageBits | getValid11UsageBits();
+    }
+
+    if (descriptorInfo.usage & ~validUsageBits) {
+        ALOGE("buffer descriptor contains invalid usage bits 0x%" PRIx64,
+              descriptorInfo.usage & ~validUsageBits);
+        return Error::BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+    return Error::NONE;
+}
+
 Error Mapper::createDescriptor(
         const IMapper::BufferDescriptorInfo& descriptorInfo,
         BufferDescriptor* outDescriptor) const
 {
     Error error;
+
+    if (descriptorInfo.usage & getValid11UsageBits()) {
+        // TODO(b/66900669): Use mMapperV2_1->createDescriptorV2_1().
+        ALOGW("full support for new usage bits is unimplemented 0x%" PRIx64,
+              descriptorInfo.usage & getValid11UsageBits());
+        return Error::BAD_VALUE;
+    }
+
+    error = validateBufferDescriptorInfo(descriptorInfo);
+    if (error != Error::NONE) {
+        return error;
+    }
+
     auto ret = mMapper->createDescriptor(descriptorInfo,
             [&](const auto& tmpError, const auto& tmpDescriptor)
             {
diff --git a/libs/ui/GraphicBufferMapper.cpp b/libs/ui/GraphicBufferMapper.cpp
index 2cac287..2d8e582 100644
--- a/libs/ui/GraphicBufferMapper.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/GraphicBufferMapper.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     info.layerCount = layerCount;
     info.format = static_cast<Gralloc2::PixelFormat>(format);
     info.usage = usage;
+
     error = mMapper->validateBufferSize(bufferHandle, info, stride);
     if (error != Gralloc2::Error::NONE) {
         ALOGE("validateBufferSize(%p) failed: %d", rawHandle, error);
diff --git a/libs/ui/include/ui/Gralloc2.h b/libs/ui/include/ui/Gralloc2.h
index 69c35f7..db3f10a 100644
--- a/libs/ui/include/ui/Gralloc2.h
+++ b/libs/ui/include/ui/Gralloc2.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include <android/hardware/graphics/allocator/2.0/IAllocator.h>
+#include <android/hardware/graphics/common/1.1/types.h>
 #include <android/hardware/graphics/mapper/2.0/IMapper.h>
 #include <android/hardware/graphics/mapper/2.1/IMapper.h>
 #include <utils/StrongPointer.h>
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@
 namespace Gralloc2 {
 
 using hardware::graphics::allocator::V2_0::IAllocator;
-using hardware::graphics::common::V1_0::BufferUsage;
 using hardware::graphics::common::V1_0::PixelFormat;
+using hardware::graphics::common::V1_1::BufferUsage;
 using hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_0::BufferDescriptor;
 using hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_0::Error;
 using hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_0::IMapper;
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@
     int unlock(buffer_handle_t bufferHandle) const;
 
 private:
+    // Determines whether the passed info is compatible with the mapper.
+    Error validateBufferDescriptorInfo(
+            const IMapper::BufferDescriptorInfo& descriptorInfo) const;
+
     sp<IMapper> mMapper;
     sp<hardware::graphics::mapper::V2_1::IMapper> mMapperV2_1;
 };