diff --git a/gralloc_priv.h b/gralloc_priv.h
index 5b04c8e..6e781aa 100644
--- a/gralloc_priv.h
+++ b/gralloc_priv.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum {
     /* gralloc usage bit indicating a pmem_adsp allocation should be used */
     GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_PMEM_ADSP = GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_0,
     GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_PMEM = GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_1,
+    GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_ASHMEM = GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_2,
 };
 
 /* numbers of max buffers for page flipping */
diff --git a/mapper.cpp b/mapper.cpp
index 5e194c7..5b7a6e4 100644
--- a/mapper.cpp
+++ b/mapper.cpp
@@ -340,18 +340,22 @@ int gralloc_perform(struct gralloc_module_t const* module,
             size_t offset = va_arg(args, size_t);
             void* base = va_arg(args, void*);
 
-            // validate that it's indeed a pmem buffer
-            pmem_region region;
-            if (ioctl(fd, PMEM_GET_SIZE, &region) < 0) {
-                break;
-            }
-
             native_handle_t** handle = va_arg(args, native_handle_t**);
+            int memoryFlags = va_arg(args, int);
+            if (memoryFlags == GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_PMEM) {
+                // validate that it's indeed a pmem buffer
+                pmem_region region;
+                if (ioctl(fd, PMEM_GET_SIZE, &region) < 0) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
             private_handle_t* hnd = (private_handle_t*)native_handle_create(
                     private_handle_t::sNumFds, private_handle_t::sNumInts);
             hnd->magic = private_handle_t::sMagic;
             hnd->fd = fd;
-            hnd->flags = private_handle_t::PRIV_FLAGS_USES_PMEM;
+            hnd->flags = (memoryFlags == GRALLOC_USAGE_PRIVATE_PMEM) ?
+                         private_handle_t::PRIV_FLAGS_USES_PMEM :
+                         private_handle_t::PRIV_FLAGS_USES_ASHMEM;
             hnd->size = size;
             hnd->offset = offset;
             hnd->base = intptr_t(base) + offset;