diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 27acc9d02..d39dd0a45 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import /init.trace.rc
 
 on early-init
     # Set init and its forked children's oom_adj.
-    write /proc/1/oom_adj -16
+    write /proc/1/oom_score_adj -1000
 
     # Set the security context for the init process.
     # This should occur before anything else (e.g. ueventd) is started.