diff --git a/audio/2.0/default/android.hardware.audio@2.0-service.rc b/audio/2.0/default/android.hardware.audio@2.0-service.rc
index f9fecdb..0a5bfc5 100644
--- a/audio/2.0/default/android.hardware.audio@2.0-service.rc
+++ b/audio/2.0/default/android.hardware.audio@2.0-service.rc
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
     group audio camera drmrpc inet media mediadrm net_bt net_bt_admin net_bw_acct
     ioprio rt 4
     writepid /dev/cpuset/foreground/tasks /dev/stune/foreground/tasks
+    # audioflinger restarts itself when it loses connection with the hal
+    # and its .rc file has an "onrestart restart audio-hal" rule, thus
+    # an additional auto-restart from the init process isn't needed.
+    oneshot