diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
index d4c6eae37630e..6dacc7a0ea073 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ void VulkanManager::destroy() {
     mDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     mPhysicalDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
     mInstance = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+    mInstanceExtensionsOwner.clear();
     mInstanceExtensions.clear();
+    mDeviceExtensionsOwner.clear();
     mDeviceExtensions.clear();
     free_features_extensions_structs(mPhysicalDeviceFeatures2);
     mPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 = {};
@@ -106,18 +108,18 @@ void VulkanManager::setupDevice(GrVkExtensions& grExtensions, VkPhysicalDeviceFe
         uint32_t extensionCount = 0;
         err = mEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(nullptr, &extensionCount, nullptr);
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(VK_SUCCESS != err);
-        std::unique_ptr<VkExtensionProperties[]> extensions(
-                new VkExtensionProperties[extensionCount]);
-        err = mEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(nullptr, &extensionCount, extensions.get());
+        mInstanceExtensionsOwner.resize(extensionCount);
+        err = mEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(nullptr, &extensionCount,
+                                                    mInstanceExtensionsOwner.data());
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(VK_SUCCESS != err);
         bool hasKHRSurfaceExtension = false;
         bool hasKHRAndroidSurfaceExtension = false;
-        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < extensionCount; ++i) {
-            mInstanceExtensions.push_back(extensions[i].extensionName);
-            if (!strcmp(extensions[i].extensionName, VK_KHR_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
+        for (const VkExtensionProperties& extension : mInstanceExtensionsOwner) {
+            mInstanceExtensions.push_back(extension.extensionName);
+            if (!strcmp(extension.extensionName, VK_KHR_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
                 hasKHRSurfaceExtension = true;
             }
-            if (!strcmp(extensions[i].extensionName,VK_KHR_ANDROID_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
+            if (!strcmp(extension.extensionName, VK_KHR_ANDROID_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
                 hasKHRAndroidSurfaceExtension = true;
             }
         }
@@ -196,15 +198,14 @@ void VulkanManager::setupDevice(GrVkExtensions& grExtensions, VkPhysicalDeviceFe
         err = mEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties(mPhysicalDevice, nullptr, &extensionCount,
                 nullptr);
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(VK_SUCCESS != err);
-        std::unique_ptr<VkExtensionProperties[]> extensions(
-                new VkExtensionProperties[extensionCount]);
+        mDeviceExtensionsOwner.resize(extensionCount);
         err = mEnumerateDeviceExtensionProperties(mPhysicalDevice, nullptr, &extensionCount,
-                extensions.get());
+                mDeviceExtensionsOwner.data());
         LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(VK_SUCCESS != err);
         bool hasKHRSwapchainExtension = false;
-        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < extensionCount; ++i) {
-            mDeviceExtensions.push_back(extensions[i].extensionName);
-            if (!strcmp(extensions[i].extensionName, VK_KHR_SWAPCHAIN_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
+        for (const VkExtensionProperties& extension : mDeviceExtensionsOwner) {
+            mDeviceExtensions.push_back(extension.extensionName);
+            if (!strcmp(extension.extensionName, VK_KHR_SWAPCHAIN_EXTENSION_NAME)) {
                 hasKHRSwapchainExtension = true;
             }
         }
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ void VulkanManager::setupDevice(GrVkExtensions& grExtensions, VkPhysicalDeviceFe
         }
         return vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, proc_name);
     };
+
     grExtensions.init(getProc, mInstance, mPhysicalDevice, mInstanceExtensions.size(),
             mInstanceExtensions.data(), mDeviceExtensions.size(), mDeviceExtensions.data());
 
diff --git a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
index c3d2891765769..c2d18029c7311 100644
--- a/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
+++ b/libs/hwui/renderthread/VulkanManager.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public:
     status_t createReleaseFence(sp<Fence>& nativeFence);
 
     // Returned pointers are owned by VulkanManager.
+    // An instance of VkFunctorInitParams returned from getVkFunctorInitParams refers to
+    // the internal state of VulkanManager: VulkanManager must be alive to use the returned value.
     VkFunctorInitParams getVkFunctorInitParams() const;
 
     sk_sp<GrContext> createContext(const GrContextOptions& options);
@@ -164,7 +166,9 @@ private:
 
     // Variables saved to populate VkFunctorInitParams.
     static const uint32_t mAPIVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 1, 0);
+    std::vector<VkExtensionProperties> mInstanceExtensionsOwner;
     std::vector<const char*> mInstanceExtensions;
+    std::vector<VkExtensionProperties> mDeviceExtensionsOwner;
     std::vector<const char*> mDeviceExtensions;
     VkPhysicalDeviceFeatures2 mPhysicalDeviceFeatures2{};