diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 80275a3..3295e93 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1091,6 +1091,10 @@
 	InstallAlwaysNeededDependencyTag
 }{}
 
+func IsVintfDepTag(depTag blueprint.DependencyTag) bool {
+	return depTag == vintfDepTag
+}
+
 func addVintfFragmentDeps(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	// Vintf manifests in the recovery partition will be ignored.
 	if !ctx.Device() || ctx.Module().InstallInRecovery() {
@@ -1109,7 +1113,7 @@
 			// of nil pointer dereference errors, but we should resolve the missing dependencies.
 			continue
 		}
-		if vintfModule, ok := vintf.(*vintfFragmentModule); ok {
+		if vintfModule, ok := vintf.(*VintfFragmentModule); ok {
 			vintfPartition := vintfModule.PartitionTag(deviceConfig)
 			if modPartition != vintfPartition {
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("Module %q(%q) and Vintf_fragment %q(%q) are installed to different partitions.",