diff --git a/cc/compiler.go b/cc/compiler.go
index 2e62b00..8adc3ab 100644
--- a/cc/compiler.go
+++ b/cc/compiler.go
@@ -637,9 +637,9 @@
 
 func ndkPathDeps(ctx ModuleContext) android.Paths {
 	if ctx.Module().(*Module).IsSdkVariant() {
-		// The NDK sysroot timestamp file depends on all the NDK sysroot files
-		// (headers and libraries).
-		return android.Paths{getNdkBaseTimestampFile(ctx)}
+		// The NDK sysroot timestamp file depends on all the NDK sysroot header files
+		// for compiling src to obj files.
+		return android.Paths{getNdkHeadersTimestampFile(ctx)}
 	}
 	return nil
 }