diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 7258dce..9896b57 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -1296,9 +1296,10 @@
 		if ai.ForPrebuiltApex {
 			if deapexerModule == nil {
 				// This should never happen as a variant for a prebuilt_apex is only created if the
-				// deapxer module has been configured to export the dex implementation jar for this module.
+				// deapexer module has been configured to export the dex implementation jar for this module.
 				ctx.ModuleErrorf("internal error: module %q does not depend on a `deapexer` module for prebuilt_apex %q",
 					j.Name(), ai.ApexVariationName)
+				return
 			}
 
 			// Get the path of the dex implementation jar from the `deapexer` module.