diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index b023001..8bfb24e 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -33,22 +33,8 @@
 //   run FinalDeps mutators (CreateVariations disallowed in this phase)
 //   continue on to GenerateAndroidBuildActions
 
-func registerMutatorsToContext(ctx *blueprint.Context, mutators []*mutator) {
-	for _, t := range mutators {
-		var handle blueprint.MutatorHandle
-		if t.bottomUpMutator != nil {
-			handle = ctx.RegisterBottomUpMutator(t.name, t.bottomUpMutator)
-		} else if t.topDownMutator != nil {
-			handle = ctx.RegisterTopDownMutator(t.name, t.topDownMutator)
-		}
-		if t.parallel {
-			handle.Parallel()
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion is a alternate registration pipeline for bp2build. Exported for testing.
-func RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx *blueprint.Context, preArchMutators, depsMutators, bp2buildMutators []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
+func RegisterMutatorsForBazelConversion(ctx *Context, preArchMutators, depsMutators, bp2buildMutators []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
 	mctx := &registerMutatorsContext{
 		bazelConversionMode: true,
 	}
@@ -80,10 +66,10 @@
 		f(mctx)
 	}
 
-	registerMutatorsToContext(ctx, mctx.mutators)
+	mctx.mutators.registerAll(ctx)
 }
 
-func registerMutators(ctx *blueprint.Context, preArch, preDeps, postDeps, finalDeps []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
+func registerMutators(ctx *Context, preArch, preDeps, postDeps, finalDeps []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
 	mctx := &registerMutatorsContext{}
 
 	register := func(funcs []RegisterMutatorFunc) {
@@ -103,11 +89,11 @@
 	mctx.finalPhase = true
 	register(finalDeps)
 
-	registerMutatorsToContext(ctx, mctx.mutators)
+	mctx.mutators.registerAll(ctx)
 }
 
 type registerMutatorsContext struct {
-	mutators            []*mutator
+	mutators            sortableComponents
 	finalPhase          bool
 	bazelConversionMode bool
 }
@@ -473,6 +459,23 @@
 	return mutator
 }
 
+func (mutator *mutator) componentName() string {
+	return mutator.name
+}
+
+func (mutator *mutator) register(ctx *Context) {
+	blueprintCtx := ctx.Context
+	var handle blueprint.MutatorHandle
+	if mutator.bottomUpMutator != nil {
+		handle = blueprintCtx.RegisterBottomUpMutator(mutator.name, mutator.bottomUpMutator)
+	} else if mutator.topDownMutator != nil {
+		handle = blueprintCtx.RegisterTopDownMutator(mutator.name, mutator.topDownMutator)
+	}
+	if mutator.parallel {
+		handle.Parallel()
+	}
+}
+
 type MutatorHandle interface {
 	Parallel() MutatorHandle
 }