diff --git a/tools/processors/immutability/src/android/processor/immutability/ImmutabilityProcessor.kt b/tools/processors/immutability/src/android/processor/immutability/ImmutabilityProcessor.kt
index dfebdccf1d637..f29d9b2a6e81a 100644
--- a/tools/processors/immutability/src/android/processor/immutability/ImmutabilityProcessor.kt
+++ b/tools/processors/immutability/src/android/processor/immutability/ImmutabilityProcessor.kt
@@ -323,8 +323,15 @@ class ImmutabilityProcessor : AbstractProcessor() {
         parentPolicyExceptions: Set<Immutable.Policy.Exception>,
         nonInterfaceClassFailure: () -> String = { MessageUtils.nonInterfaceReturnFailure() },
     ): Boolean {
+        // Skip if the symbol being considered is itself ignored
         if (isIgnored(symbol)) return false
+
+        // Skip if the type being checked, like for a typeArg or return type, is ignored
         if (isIgnored(type)) return false
+
+        // Skip if that typeArg is itself ignored when inspected at the class header level
+        if (isIgnored(type.asElement())) return false
+
         if (type.isPrimitive) return false
         if (type.isPrimitiveOrVoid) {
             printError(parentChain, symbol, MessageUtils.voidReturnFailure())
@@ -355,6 +362,8 @@ class ImmutabilityProcessor : AbstractProcessor() {
         var anyError = false
 
         type.typeArguments.forEachIndexed { index, typeArg ->
+            if (isIgnored(typeArg.asElement())) return@forEachIndexed
+
             val argError =
                 visitType(parentChain, seenTypesByPolicy, symbol, typeArg, newPolicyExceptions) {
                     MessageUtils.nonInterfaceReturnFailure(
diff --git a/tools/processors/immutability/test/android/processor/ImmutabilityProcessorTest.kt b/tools/processors/immutability/test/android/processor/ImmutabilityProcessorTest.kt
index 2f7d59a7f0e58..43caa456a0931 100644
--- a/tools/processors/immutability/test/android/processor/ImmutabilityProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/tools/processors/immutability/test/android/processor/ImmutabilityProcessorTest.kt
@@ -287,6 +287,42 @@ class ImmutabilityProcessorTest {
         )
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun ignoredClass() = test(
+        JavaFileObjects.forSourceString(
+            "$PACKAGE_PREFIX.$DATA_CLASS_NAME",
+            /* language=JAVA */ """
+            package $PACKAGE_PREFIX;
+
+            import java.util.List;
+            import java.util.Map;
+
+            @Immutable
+            public interface $DATA_CLASS_NAME {
+                IgnoredClass getInnerClassOne();
+                NotIgnoredClass getInnerClassTwo();
+                Map<String, IgnoredClass> getInnerClassThree();
+                Map<String, NotIgnoredClass> getInnerClassFour();
+
+                @Immutable.Ignore
+                final class IgnoredClass {
+                    public String innerField;
+                }
+
+                final class NotIgnoredClass {
+                    public String innerField;
+                }
+            }
+            """.trimIndent()
+        ), errors = listOf(
+            nonInterfaceReturnFailure(line = 9),
+            nonInterfaceReturnFailure(line = 11, prefix = "Value NotIgnoredClass"),
+            classNotImmutableFailure(line = 18, className = "NotIgnoredClass"),
+            nonInterfaceClassFailure(line = 18),
+            memberNotMethodFailure(line = 19),
+        )
+    )
+
     private fun test(
         source: JavaFileObject,
         errors: List<CompilationError>,