diff --git a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
index 101d3ca..585f818 100644
--- a/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
+++ b/java/bootclasspath_fragment.go
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
 		}
 		return bootImageFiles
 	} else {
-		if profile == nil {
+		if profile == nil && imageConfig.isProfileGuided() {
 			ctx.ModuleErrorf("Unable to produce boot image files: neither boot image files nor profiles exists in the prebuilt apex")
 			return bootImageOutputs{}
 		}