diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
index 25d5d558049..4342497b23b 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
@@ -1817,6 +1817,8 @@ anv_image_init(struct anv_device *device, struct anv_image *image,
    /* In case of AHardwareBuffer import, we don't know the layout yet */
    if (image->vk.external_handle_types &
        VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_ANDROID_HARDWARE_BUFFER_BIT_ANDROID) {
+      /* AHB images with more than one layer are not supported */
+      assert(image->vk.array_layers == 1);
       image->from_ahb = true;
       return VK_SUCCESS;
    }