diff --git a/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.rc b/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.rc
index 7bfe0c2..57c1d40 100644
--- a/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.rc
+++ b/crash_reporter/crash_reporter.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 on property:crash_reporter.coredump.enabled=0
     write /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern "core"
 
-on boot
+on post-fs-data
     # Allow catching multiple unrelated concurrent crashes, but use a finite
     # number to prevent infinitely recursing on crash handling.
     write /proc/sys/kernel/core_pipe_limit 4
diff --git a/metricsd/metrics_daemon.rc b/metricsd/metrics_daemon.rc
index 0e1fcd5..0ee577e 100644
--- a/metricsd/metrics_daemon.rc
+++ b/metricsd/metrics_daemon.rc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-on boot
+on post-fs-data
     mkdir /data/misc/metrics 0770 system system
 
 service metrics_daemon /system/bin/metrics_daemon --uploader -nodaemon