diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
index 69b593a..5538dca 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit.java
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@
         Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new UncaughtHandler());
 
         /*
-         * In case the runtime switched since last boot (such as when
-         * the old runtime was removed in an OTA), set the system
-         * property so that it is in sync. We can't do this in
-         * libnativehelper's JniInvocation::Init code where we already
-         * had to fallback to a different runtime because it is
-         * running as root and we need to be the system user to set
-         * the property. http://b/11463182
-         */
-        SystemProperties.set("persist.sys.dalvik.vm.lib",
-                             VMRuntime.getRuntime().vmLibrary());
-
-        /*
          * Install a TimezoneGetter subclass for ZoneInfo.db
          */
         TimezoneGetter.setInstance(new TimezoneGetter() {
diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index 0e0f156..bb14259 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -1104,6 +1104,19 @@
     private static native void nativeInit();
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        /*
+         * In case the runtime switched since last boot (such as when
+         * the old runtime was removed in an OTA), set the system
+         * property so that it is in sync. We can't do this in
+         * libnativehelper's JniInvocation::Init code where we already
+         * had to fallback to a different runtime because it is
+         * running as root and we need to be the system user to set
+         * the property. http://b/11463182
+         */
+        SystemProperties.set("persist.sys.dalvik.vm.lib",
+                             VMRuntime.getRuntime().vmLibrary());
+
         if (System.currentTimeMillis() < EARLIEST_SUPPORTED_TIME) {
             // If a device's clock is before 1970 (before 0), a lot of
             // APIs crash dealing with negative numbers, notably