diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_android.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_android.c
index b38530a0d5c..a4066e41ac0 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_android.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_android.c
@@ -826,8 +826,9 @@ vn_QueueSignalReleaseImageANDROID(VkQueue _queue,
    struct vn_device *dev = queue->device;
    const VkAllocationCallbacks *alloc = &dev->base.base.alloc;
    const bool has_sync_fd_fence_export =
-      dev->physical_device->renderer_sync_fd_fence_features &
-      VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_FEATURE_EXPORTABLE_BIT;
+      dev->instance->experimental.globalFencing == VK_TRUE &&
+      (dev->physical_device->renderer_sync_fd_fence_features &
+       VK_EXTERNAL_FENCE_FEATURE_EXPORTABLE_BIT);
    VkDevice device = vn_device_to_handle(dev);
    VkPipelineStageFlags local_stage_masks[8];
    VkPipelineStageFlags *stage_masks = local_stage_masks;