diff --git a/android/arch.go b/android/arch.go
index 3cc5e82..e08fd5c 100644
--- a/android/arch.go
+++ b/android/arch.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 	return archType
 }
 
-// ArchTypeList returns the a slice copy of the 4 supported ArchTypes for arm,
+// ArchTypeList returns a slice copy of the 4 supported ArchTypes for arm,
 // arm64, x86 and x86_64.
 func ArchTypeList() []ArchType {
 	return append([]ArchType(nil), archTypeList...)
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
 
 	// addPathDepsForProps does not descend into sub structs, so we need to descend into the
 	// arch-specific properties ourselves
-	properties := []interface{}{}
+	var properties []interface{}
 	for _, archProperties := range m.archProperties {
 		for _, archProps := range archProperties {
 			archPropValues := reflect.ValueOf(archProps).Elem()
@@ -995,8 +995,11 @@
 
 	// Store the original list of top level property structs
 	base.generalProperties = m.GetProperties()
+	if len(base.archProperties) != 0 {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("module %s already has archProperties", m.Name()))
+	}
 
-	for _, properties := range base.generalProperties {
+	getStructType := func(properties interface{}) reflect.Type {
 		propertiesValue := reflect.ValueOf(properties)
 		t := propertiesValue.Type()
 		if propertiesValue.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
@@ -1006,10 +1009,14 @@
 
 		propertiesValue = propertiesValue.Elem()
 		if propertiesValue.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-			panic(fmt.Errorf("properties must be a pointer to a struct, got %T",
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("properties must be a pointer to a struct, got a pointer to %T",
 				propertiesValue.Interface()))
 		}
+		return t
+	}
 
+	for _, properties := range base.generalProperties {
+		t := getStructType(properties)
 		// Get or create the arch-specific property struct types for this property struct type.
 		archPropTypes := archPropTypeMap.Once(NewCustomOnceKey(t), func() interface{} {
 			return createArchPropTypeDesc(t)
diff --git a/android/defaults.go b/android/defaults.go
index d2b351d..ad52dc7 100644
--- a/android/defaults.go
+++ b/android/defaults.go
@@ -208,7 +208,6 @@
 	// The applicable licenses property for defaults is 'licenses'.
 	setPrimaryLicensesProperty(module, "licenses", &commonProperties.Licenses)
 
-	base.module = module
 }
 
 var _ Defaults = (*DefaultsModuleBase)(nil)
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 6c7fc65..541664f 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -2096,18 +2096,18 @@
 	return GlobFiles(e, globPattern, excludes)
 }
 
-func (b *earlyModuleContext) IsSymlink(path Path) bool {
-	fileInfo, err := b.config.fs.Lstat(path.String())
+func (e *earlyModuleContext) IsSymlink(path Path) bool {
+	fileInfo, err := e.config.fs.Lstat(path.String())
 	if err != nil {
-		b.ModuleErrorf("os.Lstat(%q) failed: %s", path.String(), err)
+		e.ModuleErrorf("os.Lstat(%q) failed: %s", path.String(), err)
 	}
 	return fileInfo.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink
 }
 
-func (b *earlyModuleContext) Readlink(path Path) string {
-	dest, err := b.config.fs.Readlink(path.String())
+func (e *earlyModuleContext) Readlink(path Path) string {
+	dest, err := e.config.fs.Readlink(path.String())
 	if err != nil {
-		b.ModuleErrorf("os.Readlink(%q) failed: %s", path.String(), err)
+		e.ModuleErrorf("os.Readlink(%q) failed: %s", path.String(), err)
 	}
 	return dest
 }
diff --git a/android/package_test.go b/android/package_test.go
index 7ea10a4..65c4240 100644
--- a/android/package_test.go
+++ b/android/package_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 }{
 	// Package default_visibility handling is tested in visibility_test.go
 	{
-		name: "package must not accept visibility and name properties",
+		name: "package must not accept visibility, name or licenses properties",
 		fs: map[string][]byte{
 			"top/Android.bp": []byte(`
 				package {
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
 					default_visibility: ["//visibility:private"],
 					default_applicable_licenses: ["license"],
 				}
-
-			        package {
+				package {
 				}`),
 		},
 		expectedErrors: []string{