diff --git a/Tethering/common/TetheringLib/Android.bp b/Tethering/common/TetheringLib/Android.bp
index 2fbba68f1e..00d0d9c428 100644
--- a/Tethering/common/TetheringLib/Android.bp
+++ b/Tethering/common/TetheringLib/Android.bp
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ java_library {
     hostdex: true, // for hiddenapi check
     visibility: ["//frameworks/base/packages/Tethering:__subpackages__"],
     apex_available: ["com.android.tethering"],
+    permitted_packages: ["android.net"],
 }
 
 stubs_defaults {