diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.rc b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.rc
index 53ef01c5f..b4a1e71fb 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.rc
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.rc
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ service tombstoned /system/bin/tombstoned
     user tombstoned
     group system
 
-    # Don't start tombstoned until after the real /data is mounted.
-    class late_start
-
     socket tombstoned_crash seqpacket 0666 system system
     socket tombstoned_intercept seqpacket 0666 system system
     socket tombstoned_java_trace seqpacket 0666 system system
     writepid /dev/cpuset/system-background/tasks
+
+on post-fs-data
+    start tombstoned