diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index 165aaac6a42c2..70abf8054dbbf 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -685,11 +685,6 @@ public final class SystemServer {
      * Starts some essential services that are not tangled up in the bootstrap process.
      */
     private void startCoreServices() {
-        // Records errors and logs, for example wtf()
-        traceBeginAndSlog("StartDropBoxManager");
-        mSystemServiceManager.startService(DropBoxManagerService.class);
-        traceEnd();
-
         traceBeginAndSlog("StartBatteryService");
         // Tracks the battery level.  Requires LightService.
         mSystemServiceManager.startService(BatteryService.class);
@@ -816,6 +811,13 @@ public final class SystemServer {
             SQLiteCompatibilityWalFlags.reset();
             traceEnd();
 
+            // Records errors and logs, for example wtf()
+            // Currently this service indirectly depends on SettingsProvider so do this after
+            // InstallSystemProviders.
+            traceBeginAndSlog("StartDropBoxManager");
+            mSystemServiceManager.startService(DropBoxManagerService.class);
+            traceEnd();
+
             traceBeginAndSlog("StartVibratorService");
             vibrator = new VibratorService(context);
             ServiceManager.addService("vibrator", vibrator);