diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 46c9dcf..321e2e8 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -483,9 +483,17 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func (a *apexBundle) IsSanitizerEnabled() bool {
-	// APEX can be mutated for sanitizers
-	return true
+func (a *apexBundle) IsSanitizerEnabled(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sanitizerName string) bool {
+	globalSanitizerNames := []string{}
+	if a.Host() {
+		globalSanitizerNames = ctx.Config().SanitizeHost()
+	} else {
+		arches := ctx.Config().SanitizeDeviceArch()
+		if len(arches) == 0 || android.InList(a.Arch().ArchType.Name, arches) {
+			globalSanitizerNames = ctx.Config().SanitizeDevice()
+		}
+	}
+	return android.InList(sanitizerName, globalSanitizerNames)
 }
 
 func getCopyManifestForNativeLibrary(cc *cc.Module) (fileToCopy android.Path, dirInApex string) {
diff --git a/cc/sanitize.go b/cc/sanitize.go
index 90656da..b95e2a8 100644
--- a/cc/sanitize.go
+++ b/cc/sanitize.go
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@
 
 type Sanitizeable interface {
 	android.Module
-	IsSanitizerEnabled() bool
+	IsSanitizerEnabled(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, sanitizerName string) bool
 }
 
 // Create sanitized variants for modules that need them
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@
 				}
 			}
 			c.sanitize.Properties.SanitizeDep = false
-		} else if sanitizeable, ok := mctx.Module().(Sanitizeable); ok && sanitizeable.IsSanitizerEnabled() {
+		} else if sanitizeable, ok := mctx.Module().(Sanitizeable); ok && sanitizeable.IsSanitizerEnabled(mctx, t.String()) {
 			// APEX modules fall here
 			mctx.CreateVariations(t.String())
 		}