diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
index 50c1c56c038f5..a6ea585d921f5 100644
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/SystemServer.java
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ public final class SystemServer implements Dumpable {
                 if (maxFd > enableThreshold) {
                     // Do a manual GC to clean up fds that are hanging around as garbage.
                     System.gc();
+                    System.runFinalization();
                     maxFd = getMaxFd();
                 }