diff --git a/cc/object.go b/cc/object.go
index c0e0a9bcb..9f2db2ec2 100644
--- a/cc/object.go
+++ b/cc/object.go
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ type ObjectLinkerProperties struct {
 	Crt *bool
 }
 
-func newObject() *Module {
-	module := newBaseModule(android.HostAndDeviceSupported, android.MultilibBoth)
+func newObject(hod android.HostOrDeviceSupported) *Module {
+	module := newBaseModule(hod, android.MultilibBoth)
 	module.sanitize = &sanitize{}
 	module.stl = &stl{}
 	return module
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func newObject() *Module {
 // necessary, but sometimes used to generate .s files from .c files to use as
 // input to a cc_genrule module.
 func ObjectFactory() android.Module {
-	module := newObject()
+	module := newObject(android.HostAndDeviceSupported)
 	module.linker = &objectLinker{
 		baseLinker: NewBaseLinker(module.sanitize),
 	}
diff --git a/cc/prebuilt.go b/cc/prebuilt.go
index fd310a2fe..f7154ecd1 100644
--- a/cc/prebuilt.go
+++ b/cc/prebuilt.go
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ func (p *prebuiltObjectLinker) object() bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func newPrebuiltObject() *Module {
-	module := newObject()
+func NewPrebuiltObject(hod android.HostOrDeviceSupported) *Module {
+	module := newObject(hod)
 	prebuilt := &prebuiltObjectLinker{
 		objectLinker: objectLinker{
 			baseLinker: NewBaseLinker(nil),
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ func newPrebuiltObject() *Module {
 }
 
 func prebuiltObjectFactory() android.Module {
-	module := newPrebuiltObject()
+	module := NewPrebuiltObject(android.HostAndDeviceSupported)
 	return module.Init()
 }
 
diff --git a/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go b/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go
index 3a382a18f..fb89224f3 100644
--- a/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go
+++ b/cc/snapshot_prebuilt.go
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func (p *snapshotObjectLinker) nativeCoverage() bool {
 // development/vendor_snapshot/update.py. As a part of vendor snapshot, vendor_snapshot_object
 // overrides the vendor variant of the cc object with the same name, if BOARD_VNDK_VERSION is set.
 func VendorSnapshotObjectFactory() android.Module {
-	module := newObject()
+	module := newObject(android.DeviceSupported)
 
 	prebuilt := &snapshotObjectLinker{
 		objectLinker: objectLinker{
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ func VendorSnapshotObjectFactory() android.Module {
 // development/vendor_snapshot/update.py. As a part of recovery snapshot, recovery_snapshot_object
 // overrides the recovery variant of the cc object with the same name, if BOARD_VNDK_VERSION is set.
 func RecoverySnapshotObjectFactory() android.Module {
-	module := newObject()
+	module := newObject(android.DeviceSupported)
 
 	prebuilt := &snapshotObjectLinker{
 		objectLinker: objectLinker{