diff --git a/services/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java b/services/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
index 5761f6c07adbc..7e244b96b0208 100755
--- a/services/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
+++ b/services/java/com/android/server/pm/PackageManagerService.java
@@ -3657,6 +3657,12 @@ public class PackageManagerService extends IPackageManager.Stub {
             // An updated system app will not have the PARSE_IS_SYSTEM flag set
             // initially
             parseFlags |= PackageParser.PARSE_IS_SYSTEM;
+
+            // An updated privileged app will not have the PARSE_IS_PRIVILEGED
+            // flag set initially
+            if ((updatedPkg.pkgFlags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_PRIVILEGED) != 0) {
+                parseFlags |= PackageParser.PARSE_IS_PRIVILEGED;
+            }
         }
         // Verify certificates against what was last scanned
         if (!collectCertificatesLI(pp, ps, pkg, scanFile, parseFlags)) {