diff --git a/android/filegroup.go b/android/filegroup.go
index af4d89a..d21d146 100644
--- a/android/filegroup.go
+++ b/android/filegroup.go
@@ -122,16 +122,18 @@
 		if fg.ShouldConvertToProtoLibrary(ctx) {
 			// TODO(b/246997908): we can remove this tag if we could figure out a
 			// solution for this bug.
-			tags := []string{"manual"}
 			attrs := &ProtoAttrs{
 				Srcs:                srcs,
 				Strip_import_prefix: fg.properties.Path,
-				Tags:                tags,
 			}
 
+			tags := []string{"manual"}
 			ctx.CreateBazelTargetModule(
 				bazel.BazelTargetModuleProperties{Rule_class: "proto_library"},
-				CommonAttributes{Name: fg.Name() + convertedProtoLibrarySuffix},
+				CommonAttributes{
+					Name: fg.Name() + convertedProtoLibrarySuffix,
+					Tags: bazel.MakeStringListAttribute(tags),
+				},
 				attrs)
 		}