diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index d6c129a..95e65bb 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1005,6 +1005,14 @@
 			return
 		}
 
+		// Do not create a dependency from common variant to arch variant for `common_first` modules
+		if multilib, _ := decodeMultilib(ctx, ctx.Module().base()); multilib == string(MultilibCommonFirst) {
+			commonVariant := ctx.Arch().ArchType.Multilib == ""
+			if bothInAndroid && commonVariant && InList(target.Arch.ArchType.Multilib, []string{"lib32", "lib64"}) {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
 		variation := target.Variations()
 		if ctx.OtherModuleFarDependencyVariantExists(variation, depName) {
 			ctx.AddFarVariationDependencies(variation, RequiredDepTag, depName)