diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c
index 18541d8fb2c..44b23c5d1a7 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.c
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ vn_image_deferred_info_init(struct vn_image *img,
          memcpy(&info->stencil, src, sizeof(info->stencil));
          pnext = &info->stencil;
          break;
+      case VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_EXTERNAL_FORMAT_ANDROID:
+         /* we should have translated the external format */
+         assert(create_info->format != VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED);
+         info->from_external_format =
+            ((const VkExternalFormatANDROID *)src)->externalFormat;
+         break;
       default:
          break;
       }
@@ -570,9 +576,21 @@ vn_CreateImageView(VkDevice device,
                    VkImageView *pView)
 {
    struct vn_device *dev = vn_device_from_handle(device);
+   struct vn_image *img = vn_image_from_handle(pCreateInfo->image);
    const VkAllocationCallbacks *alloc =
       pAllocator ? pAllocator : &dev->base.base.alloc;
 
+   VkImageViewCreateInfo local_info;
+   if (img->deferred_info && img->deferred_info->from_external_format) {
+      assert(pCreateInfo->format == VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED);
+
+      local_info = *pCreateInfo;
+      local_info.format = img->deferred_info->create.format;
+      pCreateInfo = &local_info;
+
+      assert(pCreateInfo->format != VK_FORMAT_UNDEFINED);
+   }
+
    struct vn_image_view *view =
       vk_zalloc(alloc, sizeof(*view), VN_DEFAULT_ALIGN,
                 VK_SYSTEM_ALLOCATION_SCOPE_OBJECT);
@@ -580,7 +598,7 @@ vn_CreateImageView(VkDevice device,
       return vn_error(dev->instance, VK_ERROR_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY);
 
    vn_object_base_init(&view->base, VK_OBJECT_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW, &dev->base);
-   view->image = vn_image_from_handle(pCreateInfo->image);
+   view->image = img;
 
    VkImageView view_handle = vn_image_view_to_handle(view);
    vn_async_vkCreateImageView(dev->instance, device, pCreateInfo, NULL,
diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h
index 935272dc53a..59dd33728a7 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_image.h
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ struct vn_image_create_deferred_info {
    VkImageFormatListCreateInfo list;
    VkImageStencilUsageCreateInfo stencil;
 
+   /* True if VkImageCreateInfo::format is translated from a non-zero
+    * VkExternalFormatANDROID::externalFormat for the AHB image.
+    */
+   bool from_external_format;
    /* track whether vn_image_init_deferred succeeds */
    bool initialized;
 };