diff --git a/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc b/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
index 6e78082bb9..3e5d0f8933 100644
--- a/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
+++ b/sensors/1.0/default/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service.rc
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ service sensors-hal-1-0 /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.sensors@1.0-service
     class hal
     user system
     group system wakelock
-    capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND SYS_NICE
+    capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND
+    rlimit rtprio 10 10