diff --git a/android/paths.go b/android/paths.go
index 56f36ea08..69ab5f75c 100644
--- a/android/paths.go
+++ b/android/paths.go
@@ -462,6 +462,13 @@ func (p OutputPaths) Strings() []string {
 	return ret
 }
 
+// PathForGoBinary returns the path to the installed location of a bootstrap_go_binary module.
+func PathForGoBinary(ctx PathContext, goBinary bootstrap.GoBinaryTool) Path {
+	goBinaryInstallDir := pathForInstall(ctx, ctx.Config().BuildOS, ctx.Config().BuildArch, "bin", false)
+	rel := Rel(ctx, goBinaryInstallDir.String(), goBinary.InstallPath())
+	return goBinaryInstallDir.Join(ctx, rel)
+}
+
 // Expands Paths to a SourceFileProducer or OutputFileProducer module dependency referenced via ":name" or ":name{.tag}" syntax.
 // If the dependency is not found, a missingErrorDependency is returned.
 // If the module dependency is not a SourceFileProducer or OutputFileProducer, appropriate errors will be returned.
@@ -482,11 +489,8 @@ func getPathsFromModuleDep(ctx ModuleWithDepsPathContext, path, moduleName, tag
 	} else if tag != "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("path dependency %q is not an output file producing module", path)
 	} else if goBinary, ok := module.(bootstrap.GoBinaryTool); ok {
-		if rel, err := filepath.Rel(PathForOutput(ctx).String(), goBinary.InstallPath()); err == nil {
-			return Paths{PathForOutput(ctx, rel).WithoutRel()}, nil
-		} else {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot find output path for %q: %w", goBinary.InstallPath(), err)
-		}
+		goBinaryPath := PathForGoBinary(ctx, goBinary)
+		return Paths{goBinaryPath}, nil
 	} else if srcProducer, ok := module.(SourceFileProducer); ok {
 		return srcProducer.Srcs(), nil
 	} else {
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 1f0618750..a36a022f6 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1454,12 +1454,7 @@ func apexFileForPyBinary(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, py *python.Module) apexF
 
 func apexFileForGoBinary(ctx android.BaseModuleContext, depName string, gb bootstrap.GoBinaryTool) apexFile {
 	dirInApex := "bin"
-	s, err := filepath.Rel(android.PathForOutput(ctx).String(), gb.InstallPath())
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ModuleErrorf("Unable to use compiled binary at %s", gb.InstallPath())
-		return apexFile{}
-	}
-	fileToCopy := android.PathForOutput(ctx, s)
+	fileToCopy := android.PathForGoBinary(ctx, gb)
 	// NB: Since go binaries are static we don't need the module for anything here, which is
 	// good since the go tool is a blueprint.Module not an android.Module like we would
 	// normally use.
diff --git a/genrule/genrule.go b/genrule/genrule.go
index b9c2b109d..c9bf958a3 100644
--- a/genrule/genrule.go
+++ b/genrule/genrule.go
@@ -336,14 +336,9 @@ func (g *Module) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 					}
 				case bootstrap.GoBinaryTool:
 					// A GoBinaryTool provides the install path to a tool, which will be copied.
-					if s, err := filepath.Rel(android.PathForOutput(ctx).String(), t.InstallPath()); err == nil {
-						toolPath := android.PathForOutput(ctx, s)
-						tools = append(tools, toolPath)
-						addLocationLabel(tag.label, toolLocation{android.Paths{toolPath}})
-					} else {
-						ctx.ModuleErrorf("cannot find path for %q: %v", tool, err)
-						return
-					}
+					p := android.PathForGoBinary(ctx, t)
+					tools = append(tools, p)
+					addLocationLabel(tag.label, toolLocation{android.Paths{p}})
 				default:
 					ctx.ModuleErrorf("%q is not a host tool provider", tool)
 					return