diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 540e9763b..8cdc13f7f 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ on post-fs-data
     # For security reasons, /data/local/tmp should always be empty.
     # Do not place files or directories in /data/local/tmp
     mkdir /data/local/tmp 0771 shell shell
-    mkdir /data/data 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-private 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-ephemeral 0771 system system
     mkdir /data/app-asec 0700 root root
@@ -472,7 +471,8 @@ on post-fs-data
 
     mkdir /data/user 0711 system system
     mkdir /data/user_de 0711 system system
-    symlink /data/data /data/user/0
+    mkdir /data/user/0 0711 system system
+    symlink /data/user/0 /data/data
 
     mkdir /data/media 0770 media_rw media_rw
     mkdir /data/media/obb 0770 media_rw media_rw