diff --git a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/PostProcessing/BlendColorGradingLutsPass.cpp b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/PostProcessing/BlendColorGradingLutsPass.cpp
index 206e58d5e6..e0ff253301 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/PostProcessing/BlendColorGradingLutsPass.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/Feature/Common/Code/Source/PostProcessing/BlendColorGradingLutsPass.cpp
@@ -131,8 +131,13 @@ namespace AZ
             AZ_Assert(m_blendedLut.m_lutImage != nullptr, "BlendColorGradingLutsPass unable to acquire LUT image");
 
             AZ::RHI::AttachmentId imageAttachmentId = AZ::RHI::AttachmentId("BlendColorGradingLutImageAttachmentId");
-            [[maybe_unused]] RHI::ResultCode result = frameGraph.GetAttachmentDatabase().ImportImage(imageAttachmentId, m_blendedLut.m_lutImage);
-            AZ_Error("BlendColorGradingLutsPass", result == RHI::ResultCode::Success, "Failed to import compute buffer with error %d", result);
+
+            // import this attachment if it wasn't imported
+            if (!frameGraph.GetAttachmentDatabase().IsAttachmentValid(imageAttachmentId))
+            {
+                [[maybe_unused]] RHI::ResultCode result = frameGraph.GetAttachmentDatabase().ImportImage(imageAttachmentId, m_blendedLut.m_lutImage);
+                AZ_Error("BlendColorGradingLutsPass", result == RHI::ResultCode::Success, "Failed to import BlendColorGradingLutImageAttachmentId with error %d", result);
+            }
 
             RHI::ImageScopeAttachmentDescriptor desc;
             desc.m_attachmentId = imageAttachmentId;
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Code/Source/RHI.Reflect/Base.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Code/Source/RHI.Reflect/Base.cpp
index 4d35411e09..21eb634159 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Code/Source/RHI.Reflect/Base.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Code/Source/RHI.Reflect/Base.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ namespace AZ
 {
     namespace RHI
     {
-        bool Validation::s_isEnabled = BuildOptions::IsDebugBuild;
+        bool Validation::s_isEnabled = BuildOptions::IsDebugBuild || BuildOptions::IsProfileBuild;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RHI/DX12/Code/Source/RHI/FrameGraphCompiler.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RHI/DX12/Code/Source/RHI/FrameGraphCompiler.cpp
index 1ae8a4ae96..7fc1db179a 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RHI/DX12/Code/Source/RHI/FrameGraphCompiler.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RHI/DX12/Code/Source/RHI/FrameGraphCompiler.cpp
@@ -404,6 +404,12 @@ namespace AZ
             Buffer& buffer = static_cast<Buffer&>(*bufferFrameAttachment.GetBuffer());
             RHI::BufferScopeAttachment* scopeAttachment = bufferFrameAttachment.GetFirstScopeAttachment();
 
+            if (scopeAttachment == nullptr)
+            {
+                AZ_WarningOnce("RHI", false, "Imported BufferFrameAttachment isn't used in any Scope");
+                return;
+            }
+
             D3D12_RESOURCE_TRANSITION_BARRIER transition;
             transition.pResource = buffer.GetMemoryView().GetMemory();
             transition.Subresource = D3D12_RESOURCE_BARRIER_ALL_SUBRESOURCES;
@@ -471,6 +477,12 @@ namespace AZ
             Image& image = static_cast<Image&>(*imageFrameAttachment.GetImage());
             RHI::ImageScopeAttachment* scopeAttachment = imageFrameAttachment.GetFirstScopeAttachment();
 
+            if (scopeAttachment == nullptr)
+            {
+                AZ_WarningOnce("RHI", false, "Imported ImageFrameAttachment isn't used in any Scope");
+                return;
+            }
+
             D3D12_RESOURCE_TRANSITION_BARRIER transition;
             transition.pResource = image.GetMemoryView().GetMemory();
 
diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Reflect/Base.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Reflect/Base.cpp
index 7012a7cf88..8addb16a23 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Reflect/Base.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RPI/Code/Source/RPI.Reflect/Base.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ namespace AZ
 {
     namespace RPI
     {
-        bool Validation::s_isEnabled = RHI::BuildOptions::IsDebugBuild;
+        bool Validation::s_isEnabled = RHI::BuildOptions::IsDebugBuild || RHI::BuildOptions::IsProfileBuild;
     }
 }