diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 4eeded3..807aea9 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -2258,6 +2258,7 @@
 				// An error was found, possibly due to multiple apexes in the tree that export this library
 				// Defer the error till a client tries to call DexJarBuildPath
 				j.dexJarFileErr = err
+				j.initHiddenAPIError(err)
 				return
 			}
 			dexJarFileApexRootRelative := ApexRootRelativePathToJavaLib(j.BaseModuleName())