diff --git a/android/namespace.go b/android/namespace.go
index ebf85a1..866d125 100644
--- a/android/namespace.go
+++ b/android/namespace.go
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
 }
 
 func RegisterNamespaceMutator(ctx RegisterMutatorsContext) {
-	ctx.BottomUp("namespace_deps", namespaceMutator).Parallel()
+	ctx.BottomUp("namespace_deps", namespaceMutator).Parallel().MutatesGlobalState()
 }
 
 func namespaceMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {