diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 46af96c..3f7cbc3 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 on early-init
+    # Set init and its forked children's oom_adj.
+    write /proc/1/oom_adj -16
+
     start ueventd
 
 # create mountpoints
@@ -204,9 +207,6 @@
     chown root system /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
     chmod 0664 /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
 
-    # Set init and its forked children's oom_adj.
-    write /proc/1/oom_adj -16
-
     # Tweak background writeout
     write /proc/sys/vm/dirty_expire_centisecs 200
     write /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_ratio  5