diff --git a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
index 9237e89b4..b3faae895 100644
--- a/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
+++ b/java/dexpreopt_bootjars.go
@@ -803,10 +803,15 @@ func buildBootImageVariant(ctx android.ModuleContext, image *bootImageVariant, p
 	rule.Build(image.name+"JarsDexpreopt_"+image.target.String(), "dexpreopt "+image.name+" jars "+arch.String())
 
 	// save output and installed files for makevars
+	// TODO - these are always the same and so should be initialized in genBootImageConfigs
 	image.installs = rule.Installs()
 	image.vdexInstalls = vdexInstalls
 	image.unstrippedInstalls = unstrippedInstalls
-	image.licenseMetadataFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(ctx.LicenseMetadataFile())
+
+	// Only set the licenseMetadataFile from the active module.
+	if isActiveModule(ctx.Module()) {
+		image.licenseMetadataFile = android.OptionalPathForPath(ctx.LicenseMetadataFile())
+	}
 
 	return bootImageVariantOutputs{
 		image,
diff --git a/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go b/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
index 6faa0c5b9..1b64130ce 100644
--- a/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
+++ b/sdk/bootclasspath_fragment_sdk_test.go
@@ -215,8 +215,7 @@ java_import {
 
 		// Check the behavior of the snapshot when it is preferred.
 		snapshotTestChecker(checkSnapshotPreferredWithSource, func(t *testing.T, result *android.TestResult) {
-			// TODO - the expectedLicenseMetadataFile passed here is incorrect as it is for the source module not the prebuilt module.
-			java.CheckMutatedArtBootImageConfig(t, result, "out/soong/.intermediates/mybootclasspathfragment/android_common_apex10000/meta_lic")
+			java.CheckMutatedArtBootImageConfig(t, result, "out/soong/.intermediates/snapshot/prebuilt_mybootclasspathfragment/android_common_com.android.art/meta_lic")
 			java.CheckMutatedFrameworkBootImageConfig(t, result, "out/soong/.intermediates/frameworks/base/boot/platform-bootclasspath/android_common/meta_lic")
 		}),
 	)