diff --git a/java/sdk_library.go b/java/sdk_library.go
index 058862b..ce94ff9 100644
--- a/java/sdk_library.go
+++ b/java/sdk_library.go
@@ -2769,6 +2769,7 @@
 				// 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
 				module.dexJarFileErr = err
+				module.initHiddenAPIError(err)
 				return
 			}
 			dexJarFileApexRootRelative := ApexRootRelativePathToJavaLib(module.BaseModuleName())