diff --git a/init/mount_namespace.cpp b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
index 593e5ae85..bce1cc3de 100644
--- a/init/mount_namespace.cpp
+++ b/init/mount_namespace.cpp
@@ -82,11 +82,6 @@ static bool IsApexUpdatable() {
     return updatable;
 }
 
-static bool IsMicrodroid() {
-    static bool is_microdroid = android::base::GetProperty("ro.hardware", "") == "microdroid";
-    return is_microdroid;
-}
-
 // In case we have two sets of APEXes (non-updatable, updatable), we need two separate mount
 // namespaces.
 static bool NeedsTwoMountNamespaces() {
diff --git a/init/subcontext.cpp b/init/subcontext.cpp
index fa48beab3..6eaa80fad 100644
--- a/init/subcontext.cpp
+++ b/init/subcontext.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #endif
 
 using android::base::GetExecutablePath;
+using android::base::GetProperty;
 using android::base::Join;
 using android::base::Socketpair;
 using android::base::Split;
@@ -337,6 +338,11 @@ Result<std::vector<std::string>> Subcontext::ExpandArgs(const std::vector<std::s
 }
 
 void InitializeSubcontext() {
+    if (IsMicrodroid()) {
+        LOG(INFO) << "Not using subcontext for microdroid";
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (SelinuxGetVendorAndroidVersion() >= __ANDROID_API_P__) {
         subcontext.reset(
                 new Subcontext(std::vector<std::string>{"/vendor", "/odm"}, kVendorContext));
diff --git a/init/util.cpp b/init/util.cpp
index 9f7bfdb5b..d1e518b57 100644
--- a/init/util.cpp
+++ b/init/util.cpp
@@ -757,5 +757,10 @@ void SetDefaultMountNamespaceReady() {
     is_default_mount_namespace_ready = true;
 }
 
+bool IsMicrodroid() {
+    static bool is_microdroid = android::base::GetProperty("ro.hardware", "") == "microdroid";
+    return is_microdroid;
+}
+
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/init/util.h b/init/util.h
index daba85247..bf5367531 100644
--- a/init/util.h
+++ b/init/util.h
@@ -103,5 +103,7 @@ bool IsRecoveryMode();
 
 bool IsDefaultMountNamespaceReady();
 void SetDefaultMountNamespaceReady();
+
+bool IsMicrodroid();
 }  // namespace init
 }  // namespace android