diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index f3b2d0379..164d41158 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -641,9 +641,9 @@ on post-fs
 
     mkdir /metadata/staged-install 0770 root system
 
-    mkdir /metadata/aconfig 0750 root system
-    mkdir /metadata/aconfig/flags 0750 root system
-    mkdir /metadata/aconfig/boot 0754 root system
+    mkdir /metadata/aconfig 0775 root system
+    mkdir /metadata/aconfig/flags 0770 root system
+    mkdir /metadata/aconfig/boot 0775 root system
 
 on late-fs
     # Ensure that tracefs has the correct permissions.