diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 8e8ca1fc8..e569123ae 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ on post-fs-data
     restorecon_recursive /data
 
     # Check any timezone data in /data is newer than the copy in /system, delete if not.
-    exec u:r:tzdatacheck:s0 system system -- /system/bin/tzdatacheck /system/usr/share/zoneinfo /data/misc/zoneinfo
+    exec - system system -- /system/bin/tzdatacheck /system/usr/share/zoneinfo /data/misc/zoneinfo
 
     # If there is no fs-post-data action in the init.<device>.rc file, you
     # must uncomment this line, otherwise encrypted filesystems