diff --git a/android/apex.go b/android/apex.go
index 461faf760..d5fd92257 100644
--- a/android/apex.go
+++ b/android/apex.go
@@ -908,16 +908,17 @@ var minSdkVersionAllowlist = func(apiMap map[string]int) map[string]ApiLevel {
 //
 // Return true if the `to` module should be visited, false otherwise.
 type PayloadDepsCallback func(ctx ModuleContext, from blueprint.Module, to ApexModule, externalDep bool) bool
+type WalkPayloadDepsFunc func(ctx ModuleContext, do PayloadDepsCallback)
 
-// UpdatableModule represents updatable APEX/APK
-type UpdatableModule interface {
+// ModuleWithMinSdkVersionCheck represents a module that implements min_sdk_version checks
+type ModuleWithMinSdkVersionCheck interface {
 	Module
-	WalkPayloadDeps(ctx ModuleContext, do PayloadDepsCallback)
+	CheckMinSdkVersion(ctx ModuleContext)
 }
 
 // CheckMinSdkVersion checks if every dependency of an updatable module sets min_sdk_version
 // accordingly
-func CheckMinSdkVersion(m UpdatableModule, ctx ModuleContext, minSdkVersion ApiLevel) {
+func CheckMinSdkVersion(ctx ModuleContext, minSdkVersion ApiLevel, walk WalkPayloadDepsFunc) {
 	// do not enforce min_sdk_version for host
 	if ctx.Host() {
 		return
@@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ func CheckMinSdkVersion(m UpdatableModule, ctx ModuleContext, minSdkVersion ApiL
 		return
 	}
 
-	m.WalkPayloadDeps(ctx, func(ctx ModuleContext, from blueprint.Module, to ApexModule, externalDep bool) bool {
+	walk(ctx, func(ctx ModuleContext, from blueprint.Module, to ApexModule, externalDep bool) bool {
 		if externalDep {
 			// external deps are outside the payload boundary, which is "stable"
 			// interface. We don't have to check min_sdk_version for external
diff --git a/apex/apex.go b/apex/apex.go
index 25b1568c2..2ca26a284 100644
--- a/apex/apex.go
+++ b/apex/apex.go
@@ -1681,7 +1681,7 @@ func (a *apexBundle) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	// 1) do some validity checks such as apex_available, min_sdk_version, etc.
 	a.checkApexAvailability(ctx)
 	a.checkUpdatable(ctx)
-	a.checkMinSdkVersion(ctx)
+	a.CheckMinSdkVersion(ctx)
 	a.checkStaticLinkingToStubLibraries(ctx)
 	a.checkStaticExecutables(ctx)
 	if len(a.properties.Tests) > 0 && !a.testApex {
@@ -2314,13 +2314,13 @@ func overrideApexFactory() android.Module {
 
 // Entures that min_sdk_version of the included modules are equal or less than the min_sdk_version
 // of this apexBundle.
-func (a *apexBundle) checkMinSdkVersion(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
+func (a *apexBundle) CheckMinSdkVersion(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	if a.testApex || a.vndkApex {
 		return
 	}
 	// apexBundle::minSdkVersion reports its own errors.
 	minSdkVersion := a.minSdkVersion(ctx)
-	android.CheckMinSdkVersion(a, ctx, minSdkVersion)
+	android.CheckMinSdkVersion(ctx, minSdkVersion, a.WalkPayloadDeps)
 }
 
 func (a *apexBundle) minSdkVersion(ctx android.BaseModuleContext) android.ApiLevel {
diff --git a/java/app.go b/java/app.go
index c08ec0697..bf76a5026 100755
--- a/java/app.go
+++ b/java/app.go
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (a *AndroidApp) checkAppSdkVersions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 
 		if minSdkVersion, err := a.MinSdkVersion(ctx).EffectiveVersion(ctx); err == nil {
 			a.checkJniLibsSdkVersion(ctx, minSdkVersion)
-			android.CheckMinSdkVersion(a, ctx, minSdkVersion)
+			android.CheckMinSdkVersion(ctx, minSdkVersion, a.WalkPayloadDeps)
 		} else {
 			ctx.PropertyErrorf("min_sdk_version", "%s", err.Error())
 		}