diff --git a/platform/android/export/export.cpp b/platform/android/export/export.cpp
index b61575e2aae..ab5cba04a24 100644
--- a/platform/android/export/export.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/export/export.cpp
@@ -828,14 +828,16 @@ class EditorExportPlatformAndroid : public EditorExportPlatform {
 							encode_uint32(min_gles3 ? 0x00030000 : 0x00020000, &p_manifest.write[iofs + 16]);
 						}
 
-						if (tname == "meta-data" && attrname == "name" && string_table[attr_value] == "xr_mode_metadata_name") {
+						// FIXME: `attr_value != 0xFFFFFFFF` below added as a stopgap measure for GH-32553,
+						// but the issue should be debugged further and properly addressed.
+						if (tname == "meta-data" && attrname == "name" && attr_value != 0xFFFFFFFF && string_table[attr_value] == "xr_mode_metadata_name") {
 							// Update the meta-data 'android:name' attribute based on the selected XR mode.
 							if (xr_mode_index == 1 /* XRMode.OVR */) {
 								string_table.write[attr_value] = "com.samsung.android.vr.application.mode";
 							}
 						}
 
-						if (tname == "meta-data" && attrname == "value" && string_table[attr_value] == "xr_mode_metadata_value") {
+						if (tname == "meta-data" && attrname == "value" && attr_value != 0xFFFFFFFF && string_table[attr_value] == "xr_mode_metadata_value") {
 							// Update the meta-data 'android:value' attribute based on the selected XR mode.
 							if (xr_mode_index == 1 /* XRMode.OVR */) {
 								string_table.write[attr_value] = "vr_only";