diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 1acd637..f43c718 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@
     mkdir /metadata/ota 0750 root system
     mkdir /metadata/ota/snapshots 0750 root system
     mkdir /metadata/watchdog 0770 root system
+    mkdir /metadata/tradeinmode 0770 root system
 
     mkdir /metadata/apex 0700 root system
     mkdir /metadata/apex/sessions 0700 root system