diff --git a/android/module_context.go b/android/module_context.go
index a3dad93..d3c5370 100644
--- a/android/module_context.go
+++ b/android/module_context.go
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@
 
 func (m *moduleContext) installFile(installPath InstallPath, name string, srcPath Path, deps []InstallPath,
 	executable bool, hooks bool, checkbuild bool, extraZip *extraFilesZip) InstallPath {
+	if _, ok := srcPath.(InstallPath); ok {
+		m.ModuleErrorf("Src path cannot be another installed file. Please use a path from source or intermediates instead.")
+	}
 
 	fullInstallPath := installPath.Join(m, name)
 	if hooks {