diff --git a/apex/apex_test.go b/apex/apex_test.go
index bcbf1adaf..2a2a1f45f 100644
--- a/apex/apex_test.go
+++ b/apex/apex_test.go
@@ -2187,6 +2187,7 @@ func TestJavaStableSdkVersion(t *testing.T) {
 		name          string
 		expectedError string
 		bp            string
+		preparer      android.FixturePreparer
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "Non-updatable apex with non-stable dep",
@@ -2257,6 +2258,30 @@ func TestJavaStableSdkVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			`,
 		},
+		{
+			name:          "Updatable apex with non-stable legacy core platform dep",
+			expectedError: `\Qcannot depend on "myjar-uses-legacy": non stable SDK core_platform_current - uses legacy core platform\E`,
+			bp: `
+				apex {
+					name: "myapex",
+					java_libs: ["myjar-uses-legacy"],
+					key: "myapex.key",
+					updatable: true,
+				}
+				apex_key {
+					name: "myapex.key",
+					public_key: "testkey.avbpubkey",
+					private_key: "testkey.pem",
+				}
+				java_library {
+					name: "myjar-uses-legacy",
+					srcs: ["foo/bar/MyClass.java"],
+					sdk_version: "core_platform",
+					apex_available: ["myapex"],
+				}
+			`,
+			preparer: java.FixtureUseLegacyCorePlatformApi("myjar-uses-legacy"),
+		},
 		{
 			name: "Updatable apex with non-stable transitive dep",
 			// This is not actually detecting that the transitive dependency is unstable, rather it is
@@ -2293,12 +2318,22 @@ func TestJavaStableSdkVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {
+		if test.name != "Updatable apex with non-stable legacy core platform dep" {
+			continue
+		}
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if test.expectedError == "" {
-				testApex(t, test.bp)
-			} else {
-				testApexError(t, test.expectedError, test.bp)
+			errorHandler := android.FixtureExpectsNoErrors
+			if test.expectedError != "" {
+				errorHandler = android.FixtureExpectsAtLeastOneErrorMatchingPattern(test.expectedError)
 			}
+			android.GroupFixturePreparers(
+				java.PrepareForTestWithJavaDefaultModules,
+				PrepareForTestWithApexBuildComponents,
+				prepareForTestWithMyapex,
+				android.OptionalFixturePreparer(test.preparer),
+			).
+				ExtendWithErrorHandler(errorHandler).
+				RunTestWithBp(t, test.bp)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/java/base.go b/java/base.go
index 86022c3b2..da9293ce6 100644
--- a/java/base.go
+++ b/java/base.go
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ func (j *Module) CheckStableSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	if sdkVersion.Kind == android.SdkCorePlatform {
-		if useLegacyCorePlatformApiByName(j.BaseModuleName()) {
+		if useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx, j.BaseModuleName()) {
 			return fmt.Errorf("non stable SDK %v - uses legacy core platform", sdkVersion)
 		} else {
 			// Treat stable core platform as stable.
diff --git a/java/legacy_core_platform_api_usage.go b/java/legacy_core_platform_api_usage.go
index 8c401a7d7..77493105e 100644
--- a/java/legacy_core_platform_api_usage.go
+++ b/java/legacy_core_platform_api_usage.go
@@ -163,17 +163,27 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-func useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) bool {
-	return useLegacyCorePlatformApiByName(ctx.ModuleName())
+var legacyCorePlatformApiLookupKey = android.NewOnceKey("legacyCorePlatformApiLookup")
+
+func getLegacyCorePlatformApiLookup(config android.Config) map[string]struct{} {
+	return config.Once(legacyCorePlatformApiLookupKey, func() interface{} {
+		return legacyCorePlatformApiLookup
+	}).(map[string]struct{})
 }
 
-func useLegacyCorePlatformApiByName(name string) bool {
-	_, found := legacyCorePlatformApiLookup[name]
+// useLegacyCorePlatformApi checks to see whether the supplied module name is in the list of modules
+// that are able to use the legacy core platform API and returns true if it does, false otherwise.
+//
+// This method takes the module name separately from the context as this may be being called for a
+// module that is not the target of the supplied context.
+func useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext, moduleName string) bool {
+	lookup := getLegacyCorePlatformApiLookup(ctx.Config())
+	_, found := lookup[moduleName]
 	return found
 }
 
 func corePlatformSystemModules(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) string {
-	if useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx) {
+	if useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx, ctx.ModuleName()) {
 		return config.LegacyCorePlatformSystemModules
 	} else {
 		return config.StableCorePlatformSystemModules
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ func corePlatformSystemModules(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) string {
 }
 
 func corePlatformBootclasspathLibraries(ctx android.EarlyModuleContext) []string {
-	if useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx) {
+	if useLegacyCorePlatformApi(ctx, ctx.ModuleName()) {
 		return config.LegacyCorePlatformBootclasspathLibraries
 	} else {
 		return config.StableCorePlatformBootclasspathLibraries
diff --git a/java/testing.go b/java/testing.go
index 8860b45fa..138ef8dc4 100644
--- a/java/testing.go
+++ b/java/testing.go
@@ -229,6 +229,26 @@ func FixtureConfigureApexBootJars(bootJars ...string) android.FixturePreparer {
 	)
 }
 
+// FixtureUseLegacyCorePlatformApi prepares the fixture by setting the exception list of those
+// modules that are allowed to use the legacy core platform API to be the ones supplied.
+func FixtureUseLegacyCorePlatformApi(moduleNames ...string) android.FixturePreparer {
+	lookup := make(map[string]struct{})
+	for _, moduleName := range moduleNames {
+		lookup[moduleName] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return android.FixtureModifyConfig(func(config android.Config) {
+		// Try and set the legacyCorePlatformApiLookup in the config, the returned value will be the
+		// actual value that is set.
+		cached := config.Once(legacyCorePlatformApiLookupKey, func() interface{} {
+			return lookup
+		})
+		// Make sure that the cached value is the one we need.
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(cached, lookup) {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("attempting to set legacyCorePlatformApiLookupKey to %q but it has already been set to %q", lookup, cached))
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 // registerRequiredBuildComponentsForTest registers the build components used by
 // PrepareForTestWithJavaDefaultModules.
 //