diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index a6ce529..acf1f7c 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@
     user media
     group system audio camera graphics inet net_bt net_bt_admin net_raw
     ioprio rt 4
+    # STOPSHIP fix audio driver for real rather than use slow_start b/3249002
+    slow_start
 
 service bootanim /system/bin/bootanimation
     user graphics