diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
index c9b44be..a55fe9a 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteConnection.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@
                 throws IllegalArgumentException {
             int curArg = 0;
 
-            boolean seenRuntimeArgs = true;
+            boolean seenRuntimeArgs = false;
 
             for ( /* curArg */ ; curArg < args.length; curArg++) {
                 String arg = args[curArg];
@@ -533,14 +533,18 @@
                 }
             }
 
-            if (!seenRuntimeArgs) {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected argument : " + args[curArg]);
+            if (abiListQuery) {
+                if (args.length - curArg > 0) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected arguments after --query-abi-list.");
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (!seenRuntimeArgs) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected argument : " + args[curArg]);
+                }
+
+                remainingArgs = new String[args.length - curArg];
+                System.arraycopy(args, curArg, remainingArgs, 0, remainingArgs.length);
             }
-
-            remainingArgs = new String[args.length - curArg];
-
-            System.arraycopy(args, curArg, remainingArgs, 0,
-                    remainingArgs.length);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
index 98c2a11..98638ed 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/os/ZygoteInit.java
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@
             "--setgid=1000",
             "--setgroups=1001,1002,1003,1004,1005,1006,1007,1008,1009,1010,1018,1032,3001,3002,3003,3006,3007",
             "--capabilities=" + capabilities + "," + capabilities,
-            "--runtime-init",
             "--nice-name=system_server",
+            "--runtime-args",
             "com.android.server.SystemServer",
         };
         ZygoteConnection.Arguments parsedArgs = null;