diff --git a/libs/androidfw/ApkParsing.cpp b/libs/androidfw/ApkParsing.cpp
index 32d2c5b..7eedfdb 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/ApkParsing.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/ApkParsing.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
         return nullptr;
     }
 
+    // Make sure file starts with 'lib/' prefix.
+    if (strncmp(fileName, APK_LIB.data(), APK_LIB_LEN) != 0) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     // Make sure there aren't subdirectories by checking if the next / after lib/ is the last slash
     if (memchr(fileName + APK_LIB_LEN, '/', fileNameLen - APK_LIB_LEN) != lastSlash) {
         return nullptr;
diff --git a/libs/androidfw/tests/ApkParsing_test.cpp b/libs/androidfw/tests/ApkParsing_test.cpp
index 62e88c6..ac1dc9b 100644
--- a/libs/androidfw/tests/ApkParsing_test.cpp
+++ b/libs/androidfw/tests/ApkParsing_test.cpp
@@ -74,4 +74,10 @@
   auto lastSlash = util::ValidLibraryPathLastSlash(path, false, false);
   ASSERT_THAT(lastSlash, IsNull());
 }
+
+TEST(ApkParsingTest, InvalidPrefix) {
+  const char* path = "assets/libhello.so";
+  auto lastSlash = util::ValidLibraryPathLastSlash(path, false, false);
+  ASSERT_THAT(lastSlash, IsNull());
+}
 }
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