diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 37798e7be..14b4fdae7 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -485,6 +485,10 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     mkdir /data/anr 0775 system system
 
+    # NFC: create data/nfc for nv storage
+    mkdir /data/nfc 0770 nfc nfc
+    mkdir /data/nfc/param 0770 nfc nfc
+
     # Create all remaining /data root dirs so that they are made through init
     # and get proper encryption policy installed
     mkdir /data/backup 0700 system system