diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index a76e11d7e..3901f69a8 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     mkdir /data/user 0711 system system
     mkdir /data/user_de 0711 system system
+    mkdir /data/user_de/0 0771 system system
 
     setusercryptopolicies /data/user