diff --git a/system_server.te b/system_server.te
index 73ef436de0f50acb4764482d19b76a28bcd06ac9..5ccc05f05a68e86c2fc28ddf80304e34805ec574 100644
--- a/system_server.te
+++ b/system_server.te
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ allow system_server update_engine:fifo_file write;
 
 # Access to /data/preloads
 allow system_server preloads_data_file:file { r_file_perms unlink };
-allow system_server preloads_data_file:dir { r_dir_perms write remove_name };
+allow system_server preloads_data_file:dir { r_dir_perms write remove_name rmdir };
 
 r_dir_file(system_server, cgroup)
 allow system_server ion_device:chr_file r_file_perms;