diff --git a/android/override_module.go b/android/override_module.go
index 55f384f1f..f69f96309 100644
--- a/android/override_module.go
+++ b/android/override_module.go
@@ -253,6 +253,15 @@ type overrideBaseDependencyTag struct {
 
 var overrideBaseDepTag overrideBaseDependencyTag
 
+// Override module should always override the source module.
+// Overrides are implemented as a variant of the overridden module, and the build actions are created in the
+// module context of the overridden module.
+// If we replace override module with the prebuilt of the overridden module, `GenerateAndroidBuildActions` for
+// the override module will have a very different meaning.
+func (tag overrideBaseDependencyTag) ReplaceSourceWithPrebuilt() bool {
+	return false
+}
+
 // Adds dependency on the base module to the overriding module so that they can be visited in the
 // next phase.
 func overrideModuleDepsMutator(ctx BottomUpMutatorContext) {
diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index 4cac0ccd4..c60ee73cd 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -11671,3 +11671,38 @@ func TestApexMinSdkVersionOverride(t *testing.T) {
 	checkMinSdkVersion(t, overridingModuleDifferentMinSdkVersion, "31")
 	checkHasDep(t, ctx, overridingModuleDifferentMinSdkVersion.Module(), javalibApex31Variant.Module())
 }
+
+func TestOverrideApexWithPrebuiltApexPreferred(t *testing.T) {
+	context := android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+		android.PrepareForIntegrationTestWithAndroid,
+		PrepareForTestWithApexBuildComponents,
+		android.FixtureMergeMockFs(android.MockFS{
+			"system/sepolicy/apex/foo-file_contexts": nil,
+		}),
+	)
+	res := context.RunTestWithBp(t, `
+		apex {
+			name: "foo",
+			key: "myapex.key",
+			apex_available_name: "com.android.foo",
+			variant_version: "0",
+			updatable: false,
+		}
+		apex_key {
+			name: "myapex.key",
+			public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+			private_key: "testkey.pem",
+		}
+		prebuilt_apex {
+			name: "foo",
+			src: "foo.apex",
+			prefer: true,
+		}
+		override_apex {
+			name: "myoverrideapex",
+			base: "foo",
+		}
+	`)
+
+	java.CheckModuleHasDependency(t, res.TestContext, "myoverrideapex", "android_common_myoverrideapex_myoverrideapex", "foo")
+}