diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index 3d1bb4f..a46d4be 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
 			module.base().variableProperties,
 			// Put an empty copy of the src properties into dst so that properties in src that are not in dst
 			// don't cause a "failed to find property to extend" error.
-			proptools.CloneEmptyProperties(reflect.ValueOf(src).Elem()).Interface(),
+			proptools.CloneEmptyProperties(reflect.ValueOf(src)).Interface(),
 		}
 		err := proptools.AppendMatchingProperties(dst, src, nil)
 		if err != nil {