diff --git a/android/hooks.go b/android/hooks.go
index 5e3a4a7..2ad3b5f 100644
--- a/android/hooks.go
+++ b/android/hooks.go
@@ -89,8 +89,17 @@
 	l.appendPrependHelper(props, proptools.PrependMatchingProperties)
 }
 
-func (l *loadHookContext) CreateModule(factory ModuleFactory, props ...interface{}) Module {
-	inherited := []interface{}{&l.Module().base().commonProperties}
+func (l *loadHookContext) createModule(factory blueprint.ModuleFactory, name string, props ...interface{}) blueprint.Module {
+	return l.bp.CreateModule(factory, name, props...)
+}
+
+type createModuleContext interface {
+	Module() Module
+	createModule(blueprint.ModuleFactory, string, ...interface{}) blueprint.Module
+}
+
+func createModule(ctx createModuleContext, factory ModuleFactory, ext string, props ...interface{}) Module {
+	inherited := []interface{}{&ctx.Module().base().commonProperties}
 
 	var typeName string
 	if typeNameLookup, ok := ModuleTypeByFactory()[reflect.ValueOf(factory)]; ok {
@@ -101,12 +110,12 @@
 		filePath, _ := factoryFunc.FileLine(factoryPtr)
 		typeName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", path.Base(filePath), factoryFunc.Name())
 	}
-	typeName = typeName + "_loadHookModule"
+	typeName = typeName + "_" + ext
 
-	module := l.bp.CreateModule(ModuleFactoryAdaptor(factory), typeName, append(inherited, props...)...).(Module)
+	module := ctx.createModule(ModuleFactoryAdaptor(factory), typeName, append(inherited, props...)...).(Module)
 
-	if l.Module().base().variableProperties != nil && module.base().variableProperties != nil {
-		src := l.Module().base().variableProperties
+	if ctx.Module().base().variableProperties != nil && module.base().variableProperties != nil {
+		src := ctx.Module().base().variableProperties
 		dst := []interface{}{
 			module.base().variableProperties,
 			// Put an empty copy of the src properties into dst so that properties in src that are not in dst
@@ -122,6 +131,10 @@
 	return module
 }
 
+func (l *loadHookContext) CreateModule(factory ModuleFactory, props ...interface{}) Module {
+	return createModule(l, factory, "_loadHookModule", props...)
+}
+
 func (l *loadHookContext) registerScopedModuleType(name string, factory blueprint.ModuleFactory) {
 	l.bp.RegisterScopedModuleType(name, factory)
 }
diff --git a/android/mutator.go b/android/mutator.go
index 739e4ee..02a6143 100644
--- a/android/mutator.go
+++ b/android/mutator.go
@@ -15,12 +15,9 @@
 package android
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
-
 	"android/soong/bazel"
 
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
-	"github.com/google/blueprint/proptools"
 )
 
 // Phases:
@@ -553,29 +550,16 @@
 	t.Module().base().commonProperties.DebugName = name
 }
 
+func (t *topDownMutatorContext) createModule(factory blueprint.ModuleFactory, name string, props ...interface{}) blueprint.Module {
+	return t.bp.CreateModule(factory, name, props...)
+}
+
 func (t *topDownMutatorContext) CreateModule(factory ModuleFactory, props ...interface{}) Module {
-	inherited := []interface{}{&t.Module().base().commonProperties}
-	module := t.bp.CreateModule(ModuleFactoryAdaptor(factory), append(inherited, props...)...).(Module)
-
-	if t.Module().base().variableProperties != nil && module.base().variableProperties != nil {
-		src := t.Module().base().variableProperties
-		dst := []interface{}{
-			module.base().variableProperties,
-			// Put an empty copy of the src properties into dst so that properties in src that are not in dst
-			// don't cause a "failed to find property to extend" error.
-			proptools.CloneEmptyProperties(reflect.ValueOf(src)).Interface(),
-		}
-		err := proptools.AppendMatchingProperties(dst, src, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return module
+	return createModule(t, factory, "_topDownMutatorModule", props...)
 }
 
 func (t *topDownMutatorContext) createModuleWithoutInheritance(factory ModuleFactory, props ...interface{}) Module {
-	module := t.bp.CreateModule(ModuleFactoryAdaptor(factory), props...).(Module)
+	module := t.bp.CreateModule(ModuleFactoryAdaptor(factory), "", props...).(Module)
 	return module
 }