diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 3e71397..58ae885 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -1932,7 +1932,9 @@
 
 	if m.Enabled(ctx) {
 		// ensure all direct android.Module deps are enabled
-		ctx.VisitDirectDepsProxy(func(m ModuleProxy) {})
+		ctx.VisitDirectDeps(func(m Module) {
+			ctx.validateAndroidModule(m, ctx.OtherModuleDependencyTag(m), ctx.baseModuleContext.strictVisitDeps)
+		})
 
 		if m.Device() {
 			// Handle any init.rc and vintf fragment files requested by the module.  All files installed by this