diff --git a/vndk/tools/header-checker/src/linker/module_merger.cpp b/vndk/tools/header-checker/src/linker/module_merger.cpp
index a57f7ed37..7cba8165e 100644
--- a/vndk/tools/header-checker/src/linker/module_merger.cpp
+++ b/vndk/tools/header-checker/src/linker/module_merger.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ MergeStatus ModuleMerger::MergeReferencingTypeInternal(
     // The type was already added to the parent graph. So change the
     // referenced type to the global type id.
     references_type->SetReferencedType(local_to_global_it->second.type_id_);
-    return local_to_global_it->second;
+    return MergeStatus(false, local_to_global_it->second.type_id_);
   }
 
   // If that did not go through, look at the addend's type_map_ and get the
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ MergeStatus ModuleMerger::MergeType(
   // parent graph. This does not add the node itself though.
   auto type_it = local_to_global_type_id_map->find(addend_node->GetSelfType());
   if (type_it != local_to_global_type_id_map->end()) {
-    return type_it->second;
+    return MergeStatus(false, type_it->second.type_id_);
   }
 
   MergeStatus merge_status = LookupType(
diff --git a/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libdiff_multi_definitions.so.lsdump b/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libdiff_multi_definitions.so.lsdump
index 08c944f73..2d2b3f60e 100644
--- a/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libdiff_multi_definitions.so.lsdump
+++ b/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libdiff_multi_definitions.so.lsdump
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
    "parameters" :
    [
     {
-     "referenced_type" : "_ZTIP18DefinedInOneHeader#ODR:/link_to_def2.h.sdump"
+     "referenced_type" : "_ZTIP18DefinedInOneHeader"
     }
    ],
    "return_type" : "_ZTIv",
diff --git a/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libmerge_multi_definitions.so.lsdump b/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libmerge_multi_definitions.so.lsdump
index 1c425d715..80abb8cf5 100644
--- a/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libmerge_multi_definitions.so.lsdump
+++ b/vndk/tools/header-checker/tests/reference_dumps/arm64/libmerge_multi_definitions.so.lsdump
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
    "parameters" :
    [
     {
-     "referenced_type" : "_ZTIP18DefinedInOneHeader#ODR:/def2.h.sdump"
+     "referenced_type" : "_ZTIP18DefinedInOneHeader"
     }
    ],
    "return_type" : "_ZTIv",