diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index c3fa61a..4495ad3 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@
 // `android:"path"` so that dependencies on other modules will have already been handled by the
 // path_properties mutator.
 func expandSrcsForBazel(ctx BazelConversionPathContext, paths, expandedExcludes []string) bazel.LabelList {
+	if paths == nil {
+		return bazel.LabelList{}
+	}
 	labels := bazel.LabelList{
 		Includes: []bazel.Label{},
 	}