diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
index 01126860b3ba5..07146e845714f 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@ void VulkanManager::setupDevice(GrVkExtensions& grExtensions, VkPhysicalDeviceFe
 }
 
 void VulkanManager::initialize() {
+    std::lock_guard _lock{mInitializeLock};
+
     if (mDevice != VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
index 7b5fe19c64f5e..b816649edf6eb 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ private:
 
     VkSemaphore mSwapSemaphore = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     void* mDestroySemaphoreContext = nullptr;
+
+    std::mutex mInitializeLock;
 };
 
 } /* namespace renderthread */