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 57c1aff31c..67d400b9ef 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 /system/bin/hw/android.hardware.boot@1.0-service
     class hal
-    user system
-    group system readproc
+    user root
+    group root