diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index 2f13f6c..64d9fdd 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 	func(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
 		ctx.TopDown("load_hooks", loadHookMutator).Parallel()
 	},
+	RegisterNamespaceMutator,
 	RegisterPrebuiltsPreArchMutators,
 	RegisterDefaultsPreArchMutators,
 }
@@ -86,7 +87,6 @@
 }
 
 var preDeps = []RegisterMutatorFunc{
-	RegisterNamespaceMutator,
 	registerArchMutator,
 }