diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 1f9bd5a..420489e 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -4859,8 +4859,11 @@
 		// Make sure that dexpreopt can access dex implementation files from the prebuilt.
 		ctx := testDexpreoptWithApexes(t, bp, "", transform)
 
+		deapexerName := deapexerModuleName("myapex")
+		android.AssertStringEquals(t, "APEX module name from deapexer name", "myapex", apexModuleName(deapexerName))
+
 		// Make sure that the deapexer has the correct input APEX.
-		deapexer := ctx.ModuleForTests("myapex.deapexer", "android_common")
+		deapexer := ctx.ModuleForTests(deapexerName, "android_common")
 		rule := deapexer.Rule("deapexer")
 		if expected, actual := []string{"myapex-arm64.apex"}, android.NormalizePathsForTesting(rule.Implicits); !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
 			t.Errorf("expected: %q, found: %q", expected, actual)
diff --git a/apex/deapexer.go b/apex/deapexer.go
index 2c1835a..8c9030a 100644
--- a/apex/deapexer.go
+++ b/apex/deapexer.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package apex
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"android/soong/android"
 )
 
@@ -75,6 +77,17 @@
 	inputApex android.Path
 }
 
+// Returns the name of the deapexer module corresponding to an APEX module with the given name.
+func deapexerModuleName(apexModuleName string) string {
+	return apexModuleName + ".deapexer"
+}
+
+// Returns the name of the APEX module corresponding to an deapexer module with
+// the given name. This reverses deapexerModuleName.
+func apexModuleName(deapexerModuleName string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(deapexerModuleName, ".deapexer")
+}
+
 func privateDeapexerFactory() android.Module {
 	module := &Deapexer{}
 	module.AddProperties(&module.properties, &module.selectedApexProperties)
@@ -113,7 +126,8 @@
 	// apex relative path to extracted file path available for other modules.
 	if len(exports) > 0 {
 		// Make the information available for other modules.
-		ctx.SetProvider(android.DeapexerProvider, android.NewDeapexerInfo(exports))
+		di := android.NewDeapexerInfo(apexModuleName(ctx.ModuleName()), exports)
+		ctx.SetProvider(android.DeapexerProvider, di)
 
 		// Create a sorted list of the files that this exports.
 		exportedPaths = android.SortedUniquePaths(exportedPaths)
@@ -131,6 +145,6 @@
 		for _, p := range exportedPaths {
 			command.Output(p.(android.WritablePath))
 		}
-		builder.Build("deapexer", "deapex "+ctx.ModuleName())
+		builder.Build("deapexer", "deapex "+apexModuleName(ctx.ModuleName()))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/apex/prebuilt.go b/apex/prebuilt.go
index d7be9a9..d59f8bf 100644
--- a/apex/prebuilt.go
+++ b/apex/prebuilt.go
@@ -631,10 +631,6 @@
 	)
 }
 
-func deapexerModuleName(baseModuleName string) string {
-	return baseModuleName + ".deapexer"
-}
-
 func apexSelectorModuleName(baseModuleName string) string {
 	return baseModuleName + ".apex.selector"
 }