diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 483fc5160..0ec6e17cb 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     mkdir /data/anr 0775 system system
 
-    mkdir /data/apex 0770 root root
+    mkdir /data/apex 0750 root system
     mkdir /data/staging 0750 system system
 
     # NFC: create data/nfc for nv storage