diff --git a/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc b/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc
index dca6a33c..d51e2646 100755
--- a/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc
+++ b/rootdir/etc/init.qcom.rc
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ service vendor.audio-hal /vendor/bin/hw/android.hardware.audio.service
     user audioserver
     # media gid needed for /dev/fm (radio) and for /data/misc/media (tee)
     group audio camera drmrpc inet media mediadrm net_bt net_bt_admin net_bw_acct oem_2901 wakelock
-    capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND
+    capabilities BLOCK_SUSPEND SYS_NICE
     ioprio rt 4
     task_profiles ProcessCapacityHigh HighPerformance
     socket audio_hw_socket seqpacket 0666 system system