diff --git a/core/soong_cc_prebuilt.mk b/core/soong_cc_prebuilt.mk
index 9e3f0d3a17..20950ca21e 100644
--- a/core/soong_cc_prebuilt.mk
+++ b/core/soong_cc_prebuilt.mk
@@ -120,11 +120,12 @@ ifeq ($(LOCAL_VNDK_DEPEND_ON_CORE_VARIANT),true)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(LOCAL_VNDK_DEPEND_ON_CORE_VARIANT),true)
+$(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): PRIVATE_TOOLS_PREFIX := $($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)$(my_prefix)TOOLS_PREFIX)
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE) $(LIBRARY_IDENTITY_CHECK_SCRIPT)
 	$(call verify-vndk-libs-identical,\
 		$(PRIVATE_CORE_VARIANT),\
 		$<,\
-		$($(LOCAL_2ND_ARCH_VAR_PREFIX)$(my_prefix)TOOLS_PREFIX))
+		$(PRIVATE_TOOLS_PREFIX))
 	$(copy-file-to-target)
 else
 $(LOCAL_BUILT_MODULE): $(LOCAL_PREBUILT_MODULE_FILE)