diff --git a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshotctl.rc b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshotctl.rc
index 29707f14d..3ab0645db 100644
--- a/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshotctl.rc
+++ b/fs_mgr/libsnapshot/snapshotctl.rc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 on property:sys.boot_completed=1
-    exec - root root -- /system/bin/snapshotctl merge --logcat
+    exec_background - root root -- /system/bin/snapshotctl merge --logcat