diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index 4cc70e0..e95a935 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
 func sanitizerMutator(t SanitizerType) func(android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 	return func(mctx android.BottomUpMutatorContext) {
 		if c, ok := mctx.Module().(PlatformSanitizeable); ok && c.SanitizePropDefined() {
-			if c.IsDependencyRoot() && c.IsSanitizerEnabled(t) {
+			if c.Binary() && c.IsSanitizerEnabled(t) {
 				modules := mctx.CreateVariations(t.variationName())
 				modules[0].(PlatformSanitizeable).SetSanitizer(t, true)
 			} else if c.IsSanitizerEnabled(t) || c.SanitizeDep() {