diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
index c368d503a13..c67d1111122 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_image.c
@@ -903,9 +903,10 @@ check_memory_bindings(const struct anv_device *device,
          : ANV_IMAGE_MEMORY_BINDING_MAIN;
 
       /* Aliasing is incompatible with the private binding because it does not
-       * live in a VkDeviceMemory.
+       * live in a VkDeviceMemory.  The one exception is swapchain images.
        */
       assert(!(image->vk.create_flags & VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT) ||
+             image->from_wsi ||
              image->bindings[ANV_IMAGE_MEMORY_BINDING_PRIVATE].memory_range.size == 0);
 
       /* Check primary surface */
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
index d54c6c0848e..82e814fd3b4 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/anv_private.h
@@ -3872,6 +3872,11 @@ struct anv_image {
     */
    bool disjoint;
 
+   /**
+    * Image is a WSI image
+    */
+   bool from_wsi;
+
    /**
     * Image was imported from an struct AHardwareBuffer.  We have to delay
     * final image creation until bind time.
diff --git a/src/vulkan/wsi/wsi_common.c b/src/vulkan/wsi/wsi_common.c
index 725239ba8c0..afd634b1dc5 100644
--- a/src/vulkan/wsi/wsi_common.c
+++ b/src/vulkan/wsi/wsi_common.c
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ wsi_configure_image(const struct wsi_swapchain *chain,
 
    info->create = (VkImageCreateInfo) {
       .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMAGE_CREATE_INFO,
-      .flags = 0,
+      .flags = VK_IMAGE_CREATE_ALIAS_BIT,
       .imageType = VK_IMAGE_TYPE_2D,
       .format = pCreateInfo->imageFormat,
       .extent = {