diff --git a/core/board_config.mk b/core/board_config.mk
index 9032aaf961..9ecca58809 100644
--- a/core/board_config.mk
+++ b/core/board_config.mk
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ endif
 ###########################################
 # Now we can substitute with the real value of TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM
 ifeq ($(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM),$(_odm_path_placeholder))
-  TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM := vendor/odm
-else ifeq ($(filter odm vendor/odm,$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM)),)
-  $(error TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM must be either 'odm' or 'vendor/odm', seeing '$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM)'.)
+  TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM := $(TARGET_COPY_OUT_VENDOR)/odm
+else ifeq ($(filter odm system/vendor/odm vendor/odm,$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM)),)
+  $(error TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM must be either 'odm', 'system/vendor/odm' or 'vendor/odm', seeing '$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM)'.)
 endif
 PRODUCT_COPY_FILES := $(subst $(_odm_path_placeholder),$(TARGET_COPY_OUT_ODM),$(PRODUCT_COPY_FILES))