diff --git a/java/java.go b/java/java.go
index 7f7d88f7c..29f31e5b6 100644
--- a/java/java.go
+++ b/java/java.go
@@ -532,6 +532,14 @@ func shouldUncompressDex(ctx android.ModuleContext, dexpreopter *dexpreopter) bo
 	return false
 }
 
+// Sets `dexer.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex` to the proper value.
+func setUncompressDex(ctx android.ModuleContext, dexpreopter *dexpreopter, dexer *dexer) {
+	if dexer.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex == nil {
+		// If the value was not force-set by the user, use reasonable default based on the module.
+		dexer.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex = proptools.BoolPtr(shouldUncompressDex(ctx, dexpreopter))
+	}
+}
+
 func (j *Library) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	j.sdkVersion = j.SdkVersion(ctx)
 	j.minSdkVersion = j.MinSdkVersion(ctx)
@@ -545,10 +553,7 @@ func (j *Library) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 	j.dexpreopter.installPath = j.dexpreopter.getInstallPath(
 		ctx, android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "framework", j.Stem()+".jar"))
 	j.dexpreopter.isSDKLibrary = j.deviceProperties.IsSDKLibrary
-	if j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex == nil {
-		// If the value was not force-set by the user, use reasonable default based on the module.
-		j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex = proptools.BoolPtr(shouldUncompressDex(ctx, &j.dexpreopter))
-	}
+	setUncompressDex(ctx, &j.dexpreopter, &j.dexer)
 	j.dexpreopter.uncompressedDex = *j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex
 	j.classLoaderContexts = j.usesLibrary.classLoaderContextForUsesLibDeps(ctx)
 	j.compile(ctx, nil)
@@ -1393,16 +1398,13 @@ func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 				installPath := android.PathForModuleInPartitionInstall(ctx, "apex", ai.ApexVariationName, apexRootRelativePathToJavaLib(j.BaseModuleName()))
 				j.dexJarInstallFile = installPath
 
-				// Initialize the hiddenapi structure.
-				j.initHiddenAPI(ctx, dexJarFile, outputFile, nil)
-
 				j.dexpreopter.installPath = j.dexpreopter.getInstallPath(ctx, installPath)
-				if j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex == nil {
-					// If the value was not force-set by the user, use reasonable default based on the module.
-					j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex = proptools.BoolPtr(shouldUncompressDex(ctx, &j.dexpreopter))
-				}
+				setUncompressDex(ctx, &j.dexpreopter, &j.dexer)
 				j.dexpreopter.uncompressedDex = *j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex
 				j.dexpreopt(ctx, dexOutputPath)
+
+				// Initialize the hiddenapi structure.
+				j.initHiddenAPI(ctx, dexJarFile, outputFile, j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex)
 			} else {
 				// This should never happen as a variant for a prebuilt_apex is only created if the
 				// prebuilt_apex has been configured to export the java library dex file.
@@ -1422,10 +1424,7 @@ func (j *Import) GenerateAndroidBuildActions(ctx android.ModuleContext) {
 
 			j.dexpreopter.installPath = j.dexpreopter.getInstallPath(
 				ctx, android.PathForModuleInstall(ctx, "framework", jarName))
-			if j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex == nil {
-				// If the value was not force-set by the user, use reasonable default based on the module.
-				j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex = proptools.BoolPtr(shouldUncompressDex(ctx, &j.dexpreopter))
-			}
+			setUncompressDex(ctx, &j.dexpreopter, &j.dexer)
 			j.dexpreopter.uncompressedDex = *j.dexProperties.Uncompress_dex
 
 			var dexOutputFile android.OutputPath