diff --git a/init/devices.cpp b/init/devices.cpp
index f6e453a..9fbec64 100644
--- a/init/devices.cpp
+++ b/init/devices.cpp
@@ -441,6 +441,23 @@
     }
 }
 
+void DeviceHandler::HandleAshmemUevent(const Uevent& uevent) {
+    if (uevent.device_name == "ashmem") {
+        static const std::string boot_id_path = "/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id";
+        std::string boot_id;
+        if (!ReadFileToString(boot_id_path, &boot_id)) {
+            PLOG(ERROR) << "Cannot duplicate ashmem device node. Failed to read " << boot_id_path;
+            return;
+        };
+        boot_id = Trim(boot_id);
+
+        Uevent dup_ashmem_uevent = uevent;
+        dup_ashmem_uevent.device_name += boot_id;
+        dup_ashmem_uevent.path += boot_id;
+        HandleUevent(dup_ashmem_uevent);
+    }
+}
+
 void DeviceHandler::HandleUevent(const Uevent& uevent) {
     if (uevent.action == "add" || uevent.action == "change" || uevent.action == "online") {
         FixupSysPermissions(uevent.path, uevent.subsystem);
@@ -485,6 +502,10 @@
     mkdir_recursive(Dirname(devpath), 0755);
 
     HandleDevice(uevent.action, devpath, block, uevent.major, uevent.minor, links);
+
+    // Duplicate /dev/ashmem device and name it /dev/ashmem<boot_id>.
+    // TODO(b/111903542): remove once all users of /dev/ashmem are migrated to libcutils API.
+    HandleAshmemUevent(uevent);
 }
 
 void DeviceHandler::ColdbootDone() {
diff --git a/init/devices.h b/init/devices.h
index 442c53f..05d64da 100644
--- a/init/devices.h
+++ b/init/devices.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
     void HandleDevice(const std::string& action, const std::string& devpath, bool block, int major,
                       int minor, const std::vector<std::string>& links) const;
     void FixupSysPermissions(const std::string& upath, const std::string& subsystem) const;
+    void HandleAshmemUevent(const Uevent& uevent);
 
     std::vector<Permissions> dev_permissions_;
     std::vector<SysfsPermissions> sysfs_permissions_;
diff --git a/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp b/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp
index e67b458..340572c 100644
--- a/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/ashmem-dev.cpp
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
  */
 #define LOG_TAG "ashmem"
 
-#ifndef __ANDROID_VNDK__
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#endif
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/ashmem.h>
@@ -42,11 +39,11 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#include <android-base/file.h>
 #include <android-base/properties.h>
+#include <android-base/strings.h>
 #include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
 
-#define ASHMEM_DEVICE "/dev/ashmem"
-
 /* Will be added to UAPI once upstream change is merged */
 #define F_SEAL_FUTURE_WRITE 0x0010
 
@@ -66,32 +63,6 @@
 static pthread_mutex_t __ashmem_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 
 /*
- * We use ashmemd to enforce that apps don't open /dev/ashmem directly. Vendor
- * code can't access system aidl services per Treble requirements. So we limit
- * ashmemd access to the system variant of libcutils.
- */
-#ifndef __ANDROID_VNDK__
-using openFdType = int (*)();
-
-static openFdType openFd;
-
-openFdType initOpenAshmemFd() {
-    openFdType openFd = nullptr;
-    void* handle = dlopen("libashmemd_client.so", RTLD_NOW);
-    if (!handle) {
-        ALOGE("Failed to dlopen() libashmemd_client.so: %s", dlerror());
-        return openFd;
-    }
-
-    openFd = reinterpret_cast<openFdType>(dlsym(handle, "openAshmemdFd"));
-    if (!openFd) {
-        ALOGE("Failed to dlsym() openAshmemdFd() function: %s", dlerror());
-    }
-    return openFd;
-}
-#endif
-
-/*
  * has_memfd_support() determines if the device can use memfd. memfd support
  * has been there for long time, but certain things in it may be missing.  We
  * check for needed support in it. Also we check if the VNDK version of
@@ -215,25 +186,31 @@
     return memfd_supported;
 }
 
+static std::string get_ashmem_device_path() {
+    static const std::string boot_id_path = "/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id";
+    std::string boot_id;
+    if (!android::base::ReadFileToString(boot_id_path, &boot_id)) {
+        ALOGE("Failed to read %s: %s.\n", boot_id_path.c_str(), strerror(errno));
+        return "";
+    };
+    boot_id = android::base::Trim(boot_id);
+
+    return "/dev/ashmem" + boot_id;
+}
+
 /* logistics of getting file descriptor for ashmem */
 static int __ashmem_open_locked()
 {
+    static const std::string ashmem_device_path = get_ashmem_device_path();
+
     int ret;
     struct stat st;
 
-    int fd = -1;
-#ifndef __ANDROID_VNDK__
-    if (!openFd) {
-        openFd = initOpenAshmemFd();
+    if (ashmem_device_path.empty()) {
+        return -1;
     }
 
-    if (openFd) {
-        fd = openFd();
-    }
-#endif
-    if (fd < 0) {
-        fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(ASHMEM_DEVICE, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC));
-    }
+    int fd = TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(open(ashmem_device_path.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC));
     if (fd < 0) {
         return fd;
     }
@@ -485,11 +462,3 @@
 
     return __ashmem_check_failure(fd, TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(ioctl(fd, ASHMEM_GET_SIZE, NULL)));
 }
-
-void ashmem_init() {
-#ifndef __ANDROID_VNDK__
-    pthread_mutex_lock(&__ashmem_lock);
-    openFd = initOpenAshmemFd();
-    pthread_mutex_unlock(&__ashmem_lock);
-#endif  //__ANDROID_VNDK__
-}
diff --git a/libcutils/ashmem-host.cpp b/libcutils/ashmem-host.cpp
index 6c7655a..2ba1eb0 100644
--- a/libcutils/ashmem-host.cpp
+++ b/libcutils/ashmem-host.cpp
@@ -94,5 +94,3 @@
 
     return buf.st_size;
 }
-
-void ashmem_init() {}
diff --git a/libcutils/include/cutils/ashmem.h b/libcutils/include/cutils/ashmem.h
index abc5068..d80caa6 100644
--- a/libcutils/include/cutils/ashmem.h
+++ b/libcutils/include/cutils/ashmem.h
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 int ashmem_pin_region(int fd, size_t offset, size_t len);
 int ashmem_unpin_region(int fd, size_t offset, size_t len);
 int ashmem_get_size_region(int fd);
-void ashmem_init();
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/rootdir/ueventd.rc b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
index 451f5ad..9c2cdf2 100644
--- a/rootdir/ueventd.rc
+++ b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /dev/urandom              0666   root       root
 # Make HW RNG readable by group system to let EntropyMixer read it.
 /dev/hw_random            0440   root       system
-/dev/ashmem               0666   root       root
+/dev/ashmem*              0666   root       root
 /dev/binder               0666   root       root
 /dev/hwbinder             0666   root       root
 /dev/vndbinder            0666   root       root