diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 65b9c54..e1bc030 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -2348,6 +2348,12 @@
 func (a *apexBundle) checkClasspathFragments(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(module android.Module) {
 		if tag := ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(module); tag == bcpfTag || tag == sscpfTag {
+			if tag == sscpfTag {
+				sscpf := module.(*java.SystemServerClasspathModule)
+				if sscpf.ShouldIgnore() {
+					return
+				}
+			}
 			info := ctx.OtherModuleProvider(module, java.ClasspathFragmentProtoContentInfoProvider).(java.ClasspathFragmentProtoContentInfo)
 			if !info.ClasspathFragmentProtoGenerated {
 				ctx.OtherModuleErrorf(module, "is included in updatable apex %v, it must not set generate_classpaths_proto to false", ctx.ModuleName())