diff --git a/boot/1.0/default/android.hardware.boot@1.0-service.rc b/boot/1.0/default/android.hardware.boot@1.0-service.rc
index ef5dd91b02..68e7c2273a 100644
--- a/boot/1.0/default/android.hardware.boot@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/boot/1.0/default/android.hardware.boot@1.0-service.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 service boot-hal-1-0 /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.boot@1.0-service
-    class hal
+    class early_hal
     user root
     group root