diff --git a/src/intel/blorp/blorp.h b/src/intel/blorp/blorp.h
index 3d29d1617d0..2d01fbcb0da 100644
--- a/src/intel/blorp/blorp.h
+++ b/src/intel/blorp/blorp.h
@@ -148,14 +148,22 @@ void blorp_batch_init(struct blorp_context *blorp, struct blorp_batch *batch,
 void blorp_batch_finish(struct blorp_batch *batch);
 
 static inline isl_surf_usage_flags_t
-blorp_batch_isl_copy_usage(const struct blorp_batch *batch, bool is_dest)
+blorp_batch_isl_copy_usage(const struct blorp_batch *batch, bool is_dest,
+                           bool _protected)
 {
+   isl_surf_usage_flags_t usage;
+
    if (batch->flags & BLORP_BATCH_USE_COMPUTE)
-      return is_dest ? ISL_SURF_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT : ISL_SURF_USAGE_TEXTURE_BIT;
+      usage = is_dest ? ISL_SURF_USAGE_STORAGE_BIT : ISL_SURF_USAGE_TEXTURE_BIT;
    else if (batch->flags & BLORP_BATCH_USE_BLITTER)
-      return is_dest ? ISL_SURF_USAGE_BLITTER_DST_BIT : ISL_SURF_USAGE_BLITTER_SRC_BIT;
+      usage = is_dest ? ISL_SURF_USAGE_BLITTER_DST_BIT : ISL_SURF_USAGE_BLITTER_SRC_BIT;
    else
-      return is_dest ? ISL_SURF_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_BIT : ISL_SURF_USAGE_TEXTURE_BIT;
+      usage = is_dest ? ISL_SURF_USAGE_RENDER_TARGET_BIT : ISL_SURF_USAGE_TEXTURE_BIT;
+
+   if (_protected)
+      usage |= ISL_SURF_USAGE_PROTECTED_BIT;
+
+   return usage;
 }
 
 struct blorp_address {
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c
index 8751dc044be..09f4551af6b 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_blorp.c
@@ -1043,13 +1043,15 @@ copy_buffer(struct anv_device *device,
       .buffer = src_buffer->address.bo,
       .offset = src_buffer->address.offset + region->srcOffset,
       .mocs = anv_mocs(device, src_buffer->address.bo,
-                       blorp_batch_isl_copy_usage(batch, false /* is_dest */)),
+                       blorp_batch_isl_copy_usage(batch, false /* is_dest */,
+                                                  anv_buffer_is_protected(src_buffer))),
    };
    struct blorp_address dst = {
       .buffer = dst_buffer->address.bo,
       .offset = dst_buffer->address.offset + region->dstOffset,
       .mocs = anv_mocs(device, dst_buffer->address.bo,
-                       blorp_batch_isl_copy_usage(batch, true /* is_dest */)),
+                       blorp_batch_isl_copy_usage(batch, true /* is_dest */,
+                                                  anv_buffer_is_protected(dst_buffer))),
    };
 
    blorp_buffer_copy(batch, src, dst, region->size);