diff --git a/android/androidmk.go b/android/androidmk.go
index f6f4889..02bcb65 100644
--- a/android/androidmk.go
+++ b/android/androidmk.go
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
 }
 
 type AndroidMkEntriesContext interface {
+	OtherModuleProviderContext
 	Config() Config
 }
 
@@ -354,14 +355,15 @@
 		availableTaggedDists = availableTaggedDists.addPathsForTag(DefaultDistTag, a.OutputFile.Path())
 	}
 
+	info := OtherModuleProviderOrDefault(a.entryContext, mod, InstallFilesProvider)
 	// If the distFiles created by GenerateTaggedDistFiles contains paths for the
 	// DefaultDistTag then that takes priority so delete any existing paths.
-	if _, ok := amod.distFiles[DefaultDistTag]; ok {
+	if _, ok := info.DistFiles[DefaultDistTag]; ok {
 		delete(availableTaggedDists, DefaultDistTag)
 	}
 
 	// Finally, merge the distFiles created by GenerateTaggedDistFiles.
-	availableTaggedDists = availableTaggedDists.merge(amod.distFiles)
+	availableTaggedDists = availableTaggedDists.merge(info.DistFiles)
 
 	if len(availableTaggedDists) == 0 {
 		// Nothing dist-able for this module.
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@
 	distContributions := &distContributions{}
 
 	if !exemptFromRequiredApplicableLicensesProperty(mod.(Module)) {
-		distContributions.licenseMetadataFile = amod.licenseMetadataFile
+		distContributions.licenseMetadataFile = info.LicenseMetadataFile
 	}
 
 	// Iterate over this module's dist structs, merged from the dist and dists properties.
diff --git a/android/androidmk_test.go b/android/androidmk_test.go
index 72b8654..c37eeab 100644
--- a/android/androidmk_test.go
+++ b/android/androidmk_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 
 func (m *customModule) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx ModuleContext) {
 
-	m.base().licenseMetadataFile = PathForOutput(ctx, "meta_lic")
 	var defaultDistPaths Paths
 
 	// If the dist_output_file: true then create an output file that is stored in
@@ -276,7 +275,8 @@
 		)
 	}
 	for idx, line := range androidMkLines {
-		expectedLine := strings.ReplaceAll(expectedAndroidMkLines[idx], "meta_lic", module.base().licenseMetadataFile.String())
+		expectedLine := strings.ReplaceAll(expectedAndroidMkLines[idx], "meta_lic",
+			OtherModuleProviderOrDefault(ctx, module, InstallFilesProvider).LicenseMetadataFile.String())
 		if line != expectedLine {
 			t.Errorf(
 				"Expected AndroidMk line to be '%s', got '%s'",
diff --git a/android/module.go b/android/module.go
index 9e882ec..0f01f04 100644
--- a/android/module.go
+++ b/android/module.go
@@ -842,9 +842,6 @@
 	katiInitRcInstalls katiInstalls
 	katiVintfInstalls  katiInstalls
 
-	// The files to copy to the dist as explicitly specified in the .bp file.
-	distFiles TaggedDistFiles
-
 	hooks hooks
 
 	registerProps []interface{}
@@ -863,9 +860,6 @@
 	// Merged Aconfig files for all transitive deps.
 	aconfigFilePaths Paths
 
-	// The path to the generated license metadata file for the module.
-	licenseMetadataFile WritablePath
-
 	// moduleInfoJSON can be filled out by GenerateAndroidBuildActions to write a JSON file that will
 	// be included in the final module-info.json produced by Make.
 	moduleInfoJSON *ModuleInfoJSON
@@ -1768,12 +1762,17 @@
 	PackagingSpecs  []PackagingSpec
 	// katiInstalls tracks the install rules that were created by Soong but are being exported
 	// to Make to convert to ninja rules so that Make can add additional dependencies.
-	KatiInstalls katiInstalls
-	KatiSymlinks katiInstalls
-	TestData     []DataPath
-	// This was private before, make it private again once we have better solution.
-	TransitiveInstallFiles   *DepSet[InstallPath]
+	KatiInstalls             katiInstalls
+	KatiSymlinks             katiInstalls
+	TestData                 []DataPath
 	TransitivePackagingSpecs *DepSet[PackagingSpec]
+	LicenseMetadataFile      WritablePath
+
+	// The following fields are private before, make it private again once we have
+	// better solution.
+	TransitiveInstallFiles *DepSet[InstallPath]
+	// The files to copy to the dist as explicitly specified in the .bp file.
+	DistFiles TaggedDistFiles
 }
 
 var InstallFilesProvider = blueprint.NewProvider[InstallFilesInfo]()
@@ -1799,7 +1798,7 @@
 
 	setContainerInfo(ctx)
 
-	m.licenseMetadataFile = PathForModuleOut(ctx, "meta_lic")
+	ctx.licenseMetadataFile = PathForModuleOut(ctx, "meta_lic")
 
 	dependencyInstallFiles, dependencyPackagingSpecs := m.computeInstallDeps(ctx)
 	// set the TransitiveInstallFiles to only the transitive dependencies to be used as the dependencies
@@ -1967,11 +1966,12 @@
 		// as GenerateTaggedDistFiles() calls OutputFiles(tag) and so relies on the
 		// output paths being set which must be done before or during
 		// GenerateAndroidBuildActions.
-		m.distFiles = m.GenerateTaggedDistFiles(ctx)
+		installFiles.DistFiles = m.GenerateTaggedDistFiles(ctx)
 		if ctx.Failed() {
 			return
 		}
 
+		installFiles.LicenseMetadataFile = ctx.licenseMetadataFile
 		installFiles.InstallFiles = ctx.installFiles
 		installFiles.CheckbuildFiles = ctx.checkbuildFiles
 		installFiles.PackagingSpecs = ctx.packagingSpecs
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@
 	installFiles.TransitivePackagingSpecs = m.packagingSpecsDepSet
 
 	SetProvider(ctx, InstallFilesProvider, installFiles)
-	buildLicenseMetadata(ctx, m.licenseMetadataFile)
+	buildLicenseMetadata(ctx, ctx.licenseMetadataFile)
 
 	if m.moduleInfoJSON != nil {
 		var installed InstallPaths
diff --git a/android/module_context.go b/android/module_context.go
index 632fc96..f5104b8 100644
--- a/android/module_context.go
+++ b/android/module_context.go
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@
 	// apex containers.
 	licenseInstallMap []string
 
+	// The path to the generated license metadata file for the module.
+	licenseMetadataFile WritablePath
+
 	katiInstalls katiInstalls
 	katiSymlinks katiInstalls
 
@@ -714,7 +717,7 @@
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) LicenseMetadataFile() Path {
-	return m.module.base().licenseMetadataFile
+	return m.licenseMetadataFile
 }
 
 func (m *moduleContext) ModuleInfoJSON() *ModuleInfoJSON {
diff --git a/android/notices.go b/android/notices.go
index b9c1682..3c41d92 100644
--- a/android/notices.go
+++ b/android/notices.go
@@ -36,10 +36,22 @@
 	return SortedUniqueStrings(dirs)
 }
 
-func modulesLicenseMetadata(ctx BuilderContext, modules ...Module) Paths {
+type BuilderAndOtherModuleProviderContext interface {
+	BuilderContext
+	OtherModuleProviderContext
+}
+
+func modulesLicenseMetadata(ctx OtherModuleProviderContext, modules ...Module) Paths {
 	result := make(Paths, 0, len(modules))
+	mctx, isMctx := ctx.(ModuleContext)
 	for _, module := range modules {
-		if mf := module.base().licenseMetadataFile; mf != nil {
+		var mf Path
+		if isMctx && mctx.Module() == module {
+			mf = mctx.LicenseMetadataFile()
+		} else {
+			mf = OtherModuleProviderOrDefault(ctx, module, InstallFilesProvider).LicenseMetadataFile
+		}
+		if mf != nil {
 			result = append(result, mf)
 		}
 	}
@@ -48,7 +60,7 @@
 
 // buildNoticeOutputFromLicenseMetadata writes out a notice file.
 func buildNoticeOutputFromLicenseMetadata(
-	ctx BuilderContext, tool, ruleName string, outputFile WritablePath,
+	ctx BuilderAndOtherModuleProviderContext, tool, ruleName string, outputFile WritablePath,
 	libraryName string, stripPrefix []string, modules ...Module) {
 	depsFile := outputFile.ReplaceExtension(ctx, strings.TrimPrefix(outputFile.Ext()+".d", "."))
 	rule := NewRuleBuilder(pctx, ctx)
@@ -84,7 +96,7 @@
 // on the license metadata files for the input `modules` defaulting to the
 // current context module if none given.
 func BuildNoticeTextOutputFromLicenseMetadata(
-	ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, ruleName, libraryName string,
+	ctx BuilderAndOtherModuleProviderContext, outputFile WritablePath, ruleName, libraryName string,
 	stripPrefix []string, modules ...Module) {
 	buildNoticeOutputFromLicenseMetadata(ctx, "textnotice", "text_notice_"+ruleName,
 		outputFile, libraryName, stripPrefix, modules...)
@@ -94,7 +106,7 @@
 // on the license metadata files for the input `modules` defaulting to the
 // current context module if none given.
 func BuildNoticeHtmlOutputFromLicenseMetadata(
-	ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, ruleName, libraryName string,
+	ctx BuilderAndOtherModuleProviderContext, outputFile WritablePath, ruleName, libraryName string,
 	stripPrefix []string, modules ...Module) {
 	buildNoticeOutputFromLicenseMetadata(ctx, "htmlnotice", "html_notice_"+ruleName,
 		outputFile, libraryName, stripPrefix, modules...)
@@ -104,7 +116,7 @@
 // on the license metadata files for the input `modules` defaulting to the
 // current context module if none given.
 func BuildNoticeXmlOutputFromLicenseMetadata(
-	ctx BuilderContext, outputFile WritablePath, ruleName, libraryName string,
+	ctx BuilderAndOtherModuleProviderContext, outputFile WritablePath, ruleName, libraryName string,
 	stripPrefix []string, modules ...Module) {
 	buildNoticeOutputFromLicenseMetadata(ctx, "xmlnotice", "xml_notice_"+ruleName,
 		outputFile, libraryName, stripPrefix, modules...)