diff --git a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Image.cpp b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Image.cpp
index 7586183b63..61149c19f7 100644
--- a/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Image.cpp
+++ b/Gems/Atom/RHI/Vulkan/Code/Source/RHI/Image.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ namespace AZ
             createInfo.extent = extent;
             createInfo.mipLevels = AZStd::min<uint32_t>(descriptor.m_mipLevels, formatProps.maxMipLevels);
             createInfo.arrayLayers = AZStd::min<uint32_t>(descriptor.m_arraySize, formatProps.maxArrayLayers);
-            createInfo.samples = static_cast<VkSampleCountFlagBits>(RHI::FilterBits(static_cast<VkSampleCountFlags>(ConvertSampleCount(descriptor.m_multisampleState.m_samples)), formatProps.sampleCounts));
+            VkSampleCountFlagBits sampleCountFlagBits = static_cast<VkSampleCountFlagBits>(RHI::FilterBits(static_cast<VkSampleCountFlags>(ConvertSampleCount(descriptor.m_multisampleState.m_samples)), formatProps.sampleCounts));
+            createInfo.samples = (static_cast<uint32_t>(sampleCountFlagBits) > 0) ? sampleCountFlagBits : VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
             createInfo.tiling = VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL;
             createInfo.usage = GetImageUsageFlags();
             createInfo.sharingMode = exclusiveOwnership ? VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE : VK_SHARING_MODE_CONCURRENT;