diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK
index e578bc87e9e..6b2ab0bed76 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/BUCK
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ rn_java_library(
     source = "8",
     target = "8",
     deps = [
+        react_native_dep("libraries/fbcore/src/main/java/com/facebook/common/logging:logging"),
+        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/common:common"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/infer-annotations:infer-annotations"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/javapoet:javapoet"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/jsr-305:jsr-305"),
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
index 729c609c3cd..9ea0b1d7fe9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ package com.facebook.react.module.processing;
 import static javax.lang.model.element.Modifier.PUBLIC;
 import static javax.tools.Diagnostic.Kind.ERROR;
 
+import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.SuppressFieldNotInitialized;
+import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModuleList;
 import com.facebook.react.module.model.ReactModuleInfo;
@@ -87,7 +89,15 @@ public class ReactModuleSpecProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
       }
 
       TypeElement typeElement = (TypeElement) reactModuleListElement;
-      ReactModuleList reactModuleList = typeElement.getAnnotation(ReactModuleList.class);
+
+      ReactModuleList reactModuleList = null;
+      try {
+        reactModuleList = typeElement.getAnnotation(ReactModuleList.class);
+      } catch (Exception ex) {
+        FLog.i(
+            ReactConstants.TAG, "Could not reactModuleList from typeElement.getAnnotation()", ex);
+        throw ex;
+      }
 
       if (reactModuleList == null) {
         continue;