diff --git a/sdk/sdk_test.go b/sdk/sdk_test.go
index 095f836..898ecea 100644
--- a/sdk/sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/sdk_test.go
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@
 }
 
 type EmbeddedPropertiesStruct struct {
-	S_Embedded_Common    string
-	S_Embedded_Different string
+	S_Embedded_Common    string `android:"arch_variant"`
+	S_Embedded_Different string `android:"arch_variant"`
 }
 
 type testPropertiesStruct struct {
@@ -235,11 +235,11 @@
 	private     string
 	Public_Kept string `sdk:"keep"`
 	S_Common    string
-	S_Different string
+	S_Different string `android:"arch_variant"`
 	A_Common    []string
-	A_Different []string
+	A_Different []string `android:"arch_variant"`
 	F_Common    *bool
-	F_Different *bool
+	F_Different *bool `android:"arch_variant"`
 	EmbeddedPropertiesStruct
 }
 
@@ -346,3 +346,26 @@
 		},
 		structs[1])
 }
+
+func TestCommonValueOptimization_InvalidArchSpecificVariants(t *testing.T) {
+	common := &testPropertiesStruct{name: "common"}
+	structs := []propertiesContainer{
+		&testPropertiesStruct{
+			name:     "struct-0",
+			S_Common: "should-be-but-is-not-common0",
+		},
+		&testPropertiesStruct{
+			name:     "struct-1",
+			S_Common: "should-be-but-is-not-common1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	extractor := newCommonValueExtractor(common)
+
+	h := TestHelper{t}
+
+	err := extractor.extractCommonProperties(common, structs)
+	h.AssertErrorMessageEquals("unexpected error", `field "S_Common" is not tagged as "arch_variant" but has arch specific properties:
+    "struct-0" has value "should-be-but-is-not-common0"
+    "struct-1" has value "should-be-but-is-not-common1"`, err)
+}