diff --git a/init/mount_namespace.cpp b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
index 5305dc7ef..12144c120 100644
--- a/init/mount_namespace.cpp
+++ b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,38 @@ static bool IsApexUpdatable() {
     return updatable;
 }
 
+static bool ActivateFlattenedApexesIfPossible() {
+    if (IsRecoveryMode() || IsApexUpdatable()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    constexpr const char kSystemApex[] = "/system/apex";
+    constexpr const char kApexTop[] = "/apex";
+    if (mount(kSystemApex, kApexTop, nullptr, MS_BIND, nullptr) != 0) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "Could not bind mount " << kSystemApex << " to " << kApexTop;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Special casing for the runtime APEX
+    constexpr const char kRuntimeApexMountPath[] = "/system/apex/com.android.runtime";
+    static const std::vector<std::string> kRuntimeApexDirNames = {"com.android.runtime.release",
+                                                                  "com.android.runtime.debug"};
+    bool success = false;
+    for (const auto& name : kRuntimeApexDirNames) {
+        std::string path = std::string(kSystemApex) + "/" + name;
+        if (access(path.c_str(), F_OK) == 0) {
+            if (mount(path.c_str(), kRuntimeApexMountPath, nullptr, MS_BIND, nullptr) == 0) {
+                success = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    if (!success) {
+        PLOG(ERROR) << "Failed to bind mount the runtime APEX to " << kRuntimeApexMountPath;
+    }
+    return success;
+}
+
 static android::base::unique_fd bootstrap_ns_fd;
 static android::base::unique_fd default_ns_fd;
 
@@ -129,6 +161,8 @@ bool SetupMountNamespaces() {
         default_ns_id = GetMountNamespaceId();
     }
 
+    success &= ActivateFlattenedApexesIfPossible();
+
     LOG(INFO) << "SetupMountNamespaces done";
     return success;
 }
diff --git a/init/service.cpp b/init/service.cpp
index 6887d7b2f..3e865a7bd 100644
--- a/init/service.cpp
+++ b/init/service.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include "util.h"
 
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
+#include <ApexProperties.sysprop.h>
 #include <android/api-level.h>
 #include <sys/system_properties.h>
 
@@ -372,10 +373,17 @@ void Service::Reap(const siginfo_t& siginfo) {
         return;
     }
 
+#if defined(__ANDROID__)
+    static bool is_apex_updatable = android::sysprop::ApexProperties::updatable().value_or(false);
+#else
+    static bool is_apex_updatable = false;
+#endif
+    const bool is_process_updatable = !pre_apexd_ && is_apex_updatable;
+
     // If we crash > 4 times in 4 minutes or before boot_completed,
     // reboot into bootloader or set crashing property
     boot_clock::time_point now = boot_clock::now();
-    if (((flags_ & SVC_CRITICAL) || !pre_apexd_) && !(flags_ & SVC_RESTART)) {
+    if (((flags_ & SVC_CRITICAL) || is_process_updatable) && !(flags_ & SVC_RESTART)) {
         bool boot_completed = android::base::GetBoolProperty("sys.boot_completed", false);
         if (now < time_crashed_ + 4min || !boot_completed) {
             if (++crash_count_ > 4) {